Configure Onit for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate Onit with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Onit with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

• A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
• One of the following roles:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• Onit single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Onit supports SP initiated SSO.

Add Onit from the gallery

To configure the integration of Onit into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Onit 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Onit in the search box.
4. Select Onit 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Onit

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Onit 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 Onit.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Onit, 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 Onit SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Onit test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Onit that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > Onit > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

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://<SUBDOMAIN>.onit.com

   b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.onit.com

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Onit Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

6. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

   

7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

   

8. On the Set up Onit section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure Onit SSO

1. In a different web browser window, log into your Onit company site as an administrator.

2. In the menu on the top, select Administration.

   

3. Select Edit Corporation.

   

4. Select the Security tab.

   

5. On the Security tab, perform the following steps:

   

   a. As Authentication Strategy, select Single Sign On and Password.

   b. In Idp Target URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL.

   c. In Idp logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL.

   d. In Idp Cert Fingerprint (SHA1) textbox, paste the Thumbprint value of certificate.

Create Onit test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log into Onit, they must be provisioned into Onit. In the case of Onit, provisioning is a manual task.

To configure user provisioning, perform the following steps:

1. Sign on to your Onit company site as an administrator.

2. Select Add User.

   

3. On the Add User dialog page, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Type the Name and the Email Address of a valid Microsoft Entra account you want to provision into the related textboxes.

   b. Select Create.

   Note

   The Microsoft Entra account holder receives an email and follows a link to confirm their account before it becomes active.

Test SSO

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

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to Onit Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Onit tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to Onit Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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