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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Igloo Software

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Igloo Software with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Igloo Software with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Igloo Software.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Igloo Software with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Igloo Software single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Igloo Software supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Igloo Software supports Just In Time user provisioning.

To configure the integration of Igloo Software into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Igloo Software from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Igloo Software in the search box.
  4. Select Igloo Software from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Igloo Software

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Igloo Software using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Igloo Software.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Igloo Software, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Igloo Software SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Igloo Software test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Igloo Software that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Igloo Software > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<company name>.igloocommmunities.com/saml.digest

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<company name>.igloocommmunities.com/saml.digest

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<company name>.igloocommmunities.com

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Igloo Software Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Igloo Software section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Igloo Software.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Igloo Software.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Igloo Software SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, log in to your Igloo Software company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to the Control Panel.

    Control Panel

  3. In the Membership tab, click Sign In Settings.

    Sign in Settings

  4. In the SAML Configuration section, click Configure SAML Authentication.

    SAML Configuration

  5. In the General Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    General Configuration

    a. In the Connection Name textbox, type a custom name for your configuration.

    b. In the IdP Login URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

    c. In the IdP Logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL..

    d. Select Logout Response and Request HTTP Type as POST.

    e. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad downloaded from Azure portal, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Public Certificate textbox.

  6. In the Response and Authentication Configuration, perform the following steps:

    Response and Authentication Configuration

    a. As Identity Provider, select Microsoft ADFS.

    b. As Identifier Type, select Email Address.

    c. In the Email Attribute textbox, type emailaddress.

    d. In the First Name Attribute textbox, type givenname.

    e. In the Last Name Attribute textbox, type surname.

  7. Perform the following steps to complete the configuration:

    User creation on Sign in

    a. As User creation on Sign in, select Create a new user in your site when they sign in.

    b. As Sign in Settings, select Use SAML button on “Sign in” screen.

    c. Click Save.

Create Igloo Software test user

There is no action item for you to configure user provisioning to Igloo Software.

When an assigned user tries to log in to Igloo Software using the access panel, Igloo Software checks whether the user exists. If there is no user account available yet, it is automatically created by Igloo Software.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Igloo Software Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Igloo Software Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Igloo Software tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Igloo Software Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Igloo Software you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.