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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Showpad

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Showpad, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • Showpad single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Showpad supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Showpad supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Showpad 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 Showpad.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Showpad, 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 Showpad SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Showpad test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Showpad 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 > Showpad > 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 (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<company-name>.showpad.biz

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<company-name>.showpad.biz/login

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. Contact Showpad 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 Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Showpad 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 Showpad.

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

  1. Sign in to your Showpad tenant as an administrator.

  2. In the menu on the top, click the Settings.

    Screenshot shows Settings selected from the Settings menu.

  3. Navigate to Single Sign-On and click Enable.

    Screenshot shows Single Sign-On selected with an Enable option.

  4. On the Add a SAML 2.0 Service dialog, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Add a SAML 2.0 Service dialog box where you can enter the values described.

    a. In the Name textbox, type the name of Identifier Provider (for example: your company name).

    b. As Metadata Source, select XML.

    c. Copy the content of metadata XML file, which you have downloaded, and then paste it into the Metadata XML textbox.

    d. Select Auto-provision accounts for new users when they log in.

    e. Click Submit.

Create Showpad test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Showpad. Showpad 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 Showpad, 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 Showpad Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Showpad 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 Cloud App Security.