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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with TeamSticker by Communitio

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • TeamSticker by Communitio supports SP initiated SSO.

  • TeamSticker by Communitio supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TeamSticker by Communitio 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 TeamSticker by Communitio.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TeamSticker by Communitio, 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 TeamSticker by Communitio SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create TeamSticker by Communitio test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in TeamSticker by Communitio 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 > TeamSticker by Communitio > 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://auth.communitio.tech/auth/realms/<Customer_TeamName>

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.communitio.net/team/<Customer_TeamName>

    Note

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

  6. TeamSticker by Communitio application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    image

  7. In addition to above, TeamSticker by Communitio application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre-populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    tenantid AD TenantId
    objectid user.objectid

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

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 TeamSticker by Communitio.

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

To configure single sign-on on TeamSticker by Communitio side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to TeamSticker by Communitio support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create TeamSticker by Communitio test user

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

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure TeamSticker by Communitio 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.