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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with iHASCO Training

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to iHASCO Training.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to iHASCO Training 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.
  • iHASCO Training single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • iHASCO Training supports SP initiated SSO.
  • iHASCO Training supports Just In Time user provisioning.

To configure the integration of iHASCO Training into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add iHASCO Training 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 iHASCO Training in the search box.
  4. Select iHASCO Training 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 iHASCO Training

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iHASCO Training 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 iHASCO Training.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iHASCO Training, 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 iHASCO Training SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create iHASCO Training test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in iHASCO Training 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 > iHASCO Training > 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, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Identifier box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://authentication.ihasco.co.uk/saml2/<ID>/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://authentication.ihasco.co.uk/saml2/<ID>/acs

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.ihasco.co.uk/<ID>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-On URL. Contact iHASCO Training 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, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up iHASCO Training section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 iHASCO Training.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > iHASCO Training.
  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 iHASCO Training SSO

  1. Log in to your iHASCO Training website as an administrator.

  2. Click Settings in top right navigation, scroll to the ADVANCED tile and click Configure Single Sign On.

    Screenshot for iHASCO Training sso button.

  3. In the IDENTITY PROVIDERS tab, click Add provider and select SAML2.

    Screenshot for iHASCO Training IDENTITY PROVIDERS.

  4. Perform the following steps in the Single Sign On / New SAML2 page:

    Screenshot for iHASCO Training Single Sign On.

    a. Under GENERAL, enter a Description to identify this configuration.

    b. Under IDENTITY PROVIDER DETAILS, in the Single Sign-on URL textbox, paste the Login URL value which you copied previously.

    c. In the Single Logout URL textbox, paste the Logout URL value which you copied previously.

    d. In the Entity ID textbox, paste the Identifier value which you copied previously.

    e. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad and paste the content into the X509 (Public) Certificate textbox.

    f. Under USER ATTRIBUTE MAPPING, in the Email address enter the value like http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress.

    g. In the First name enter the value like http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname.

    h. In the Last name enter the value like http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname.

    i. Click Save.

    j. Click Enable now after the page reload.

  5. Click Security in the left-hand navigation and select Single Sign On provider as Registration method, and your Microsoft Entra configuration as Selected provider.

    Screenshot for iHASCO Training Security.

  6. Click Save changes.

Create iHASCO Training test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in iHASCO Training. iHASCO Training supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in iHASCO Training, a new one is created after authentication.

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 iHASCO Training Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the iHASCO Training tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to iHASCO Training Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure iHASCO Training 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.