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Configure SAML-based single sign-on for your application using Microsoft Graph

Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that allows users to sign in to one application and then access multiple applications without needing to sign in again. Microsoft Entra supports various SSO methods, including OpenID Connect, OAuth, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), password-based, and linked SSO. Using Microsoft Graph, you can automate the configuration of SSO for your application.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

  • Identify SAML-based apps in the Microsoft Entra gallery and configure SAML-based SSO for an app
  • Add app roles to an application and grant them to users
  • Configure claims to emit in the SAML token
  • Configure a certificate for federated SSO
  • Retrieve the Microsoft Entra ID SAML metadata for your application that you use to complete the integration

Prerequisites

This tutorial configures SSO for the AWS IAM Identity Center. However, most of the steps on Microsoft Graph apply to any other app that you want to configure SSO.

  • Sign in to an API client such as Graph Explorer with the privileges to instantiate apps from the Microsoft Entra application gallery, configure app roles, and policies on apps. Cloud Application Administrator in the least privileged Microsoft Entra built-in role with these permissions.
  • Grant yourself the following delegated permissions: Application.ReadWrite.All, AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All, Policy.Read.All, Policy.ReadWrite.ApplicationConfiguration, and User.ReadWrite.All.
  • Have a test user to assign to the application. You'll create a matching user in the AWS IAM Identity Center later in this tutorial.

Step 1: Identify the application to configure

To create an app that supports SSO, you register it through the Microsoft Entra App Gallery. The Microsoft Entra App Gallery is a catalog of thousands of preintegrated apps that simplify deploying and configuring SSO and automated user provisioning. In Microsoft Graph, this list is available through the applicationTemplate entity.

In this step, you identify the application template for the AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) application that you want to configure. Record its id.

Request

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applicationTemplates?$filter=displayName eq 'AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On)'

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#applicationTemplates",
    "@microsoft.graph.tips": "Use $select to choose only the properties your app needs, as this can lead to performance improvements. For example: GET applicationTemplates?$select=categories,description",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "21ed01d2-ec13-4e9e-86c1-cd546719ebc4",
            "displayName": "AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On)",
            "homePageUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/",
            "supportedSingleSignOnModes": [
                "saml",
                "external"
            ],
            "supportedProvisioningTypes": [
                "sync"
            ],
            "logoUrl": "https://galleryapplogos1.azureedge.net/app-logo/awssinglesignon_FC86917E_215.png",
            "categories": [
                "developerServices",
                "itInfrastructure",
                "security",
                "New"
            ],
            "publisher": "Amazon Web Services, Inc.",
            "description": "Federate once to AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) & use it to centrally manage access to multiple AWS accounts and IAM Identity Center enabled apps. Provision users via SCIM."
        }
    ]
}

Step 2: Instantiate the application

Using the id value for the application template, create an instance of the application in your tenant. Here, you name the application AWS Contoso. The response includes an application and service principal object for AWS Contoso, which is an instance of the AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) app. Record the IDs of the created application and service principal objects for use later in this tutorial.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applicationTemplates/21ed01d2-ec13-4e9e-86c1-cd546719ebc4/instantiate
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "AWS Contoso"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.applicationServicePrincipal",
    "application": {
        "id": "b7308000-8bb3-467b-bfc7-8dbbfd759ad9",
        "appId": "2fbc8259-0f56-4f56-9870-93a228020936",
        "applicationTemplateId": "21ed01d2-ec13-4e9e-86c1-cd546719ebc4",
        "createdDateTime": "2024-02-21T17:14:33Z",
        "deletedDateTime": null,
        "displayName": "AWS Contoso",
        "description": null,
        "groupMembershipClaims": null,
        "identifierUris": [],
        "isFallbackPublicClient": false,
        "signInAudience": "AzureADMyOrg",
        "tags": [],
        "tokenEncryptionKeyId": null,
        "defaultRedirectUri": null,
        "samlMetadataUrl": null,
        "optionalClaims": null,
        "addIns": [],
        "api": {
            "acceptMappedClaims": null,
            "knownClientApplications": [],
            "requestedAccessTokenVersion": null,
            "oauth2PermissionScopes": [
                {
                    "adminConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access AWS Contoso on behalf of the signed-in user.",
                    "adminConsentDisplayName": "Access AWS Contoso",
                    "id": "f5419931-094d-481d-b801-ab3ed60d48d8",
                    "isEnabled": true,
                    "type": "User",
                    "userConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access AWS Contoso on your behalf.",
                    "userConsentDisplayName": "Access AWS Contoso",
                    "value": "user_impersonation"
                }
            ],
            "preAuthorizedApplications": []
        },
        "appRoles": [
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "User",
                "id": "8774f594-1d59-4279-b9d9-59ef09a23530",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "User",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            },
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "msiam_access",
                "id": "e7f1a7f3-9eda-48e0-9963-bd67bf531afd",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "msiam_access",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            }
        ],
        "info": {
            "logoUrl": null,
            "marketingUrl": null,
            "privacyStatementUrl": null,
            "supportUrl": null,
            "termsOfServiceUrl": null
        },
        "keyCredentials": [],
        "parentalControlSettings": {
            "countriesBlockedForMinors": [],
            "legalAgeGroupRule": "Allow"
        },
        "passwordCredentials": [],
        "publicClient": {
            "redirectUris": []
        },
        "requiredResourceAccess": [],
        "verifiedPublisher": {
            "displayName": null,
            "verifiedPublisherId": null,
            "addedDateTime": null
        },
        "web": {
            "homePageUrl": "https://*.signin.aws.amazon.com/platform/saml/acs/*?metadata=awssinglesignon|ISV9.1|primary|z",
            "redirectUris": [
                "https://*.signin.aws.amazon.com/platform/saml/acs/*"
            ],
            "logoutUrl": null
        }
    },
    "servicePrincipal": {
        "id": "d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46",
        "deletedDateTime": null,
        "accountEnabled": true,
        "appId": "2fbc8259-0f56-4f56-9870-93a228020936",
        "applicationTemplateId": "21ed01d2-ec13-4e9e-86c1-cd546719ebc4",
        "appDisplayName": "AWS Contoso",
        "alternativeNames": [],
        "appOwnerOrganizationId": "38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d",
        "displayName": "AWS Contoso",
        "appRoleAssignmentRequired": true,
        "loginUrl": null,
        "logoutUrl": null,
        "homepage": "https://*.signin.aws.amazon.com/platform/saml/acs/*?metadata=awssinglesignon|ISV9.1|primary|z",
        "notificationEmailAddresses": [],
        "preferredSingleSignOnMode": null,
        "preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint": null,
        "replyUrls": [],
        "servicePrincipalNames": [
            "2fbc8259-0f56-4f56-9870-93a228020936"
        ],
        "servicePrincipalType": "Application",
        "tags": [
            "WindowsAzureActiveDirectoryIntegratedApp"
        ],
        "tokenEncryptionKeyId": null,
        "samlSingleSignOnSettings": null,
        "addIns": [],
        "appRoles": [
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "User",
                "id": "8774f594-1d59-4279-b9d9-59ef09a23530",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "User",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            },
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "msiam_access",
                "id": "e7f1a7f3-9eda-48e0-9963-bd67bf531afd",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "msiam_access",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            }
        ],
        "info": {
            "logoUrl": null,
            "marketingUrl": null,
            "privacyStatementUrl": null,
            "supportUrl": null,
            "termsOfServiceUrl": null
        },
        "keyCredentials": [],
        "oauth2PermissionScopes": [
            {
                "adminConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access AWS Contoso on behalf of the signed-in user.",
                "adminConsentDisplayName": "Access AWS Contoso",
                "id": "f5419931-094d-481d-b801-ab3ed60d48d8",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "type": "User",
                "userConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access AWS Contoso on your behalf.",
                "userConsentDisplayName": "Access AWS Contoso",
                "value": "user_impersonation"
            }
        ],
        "passwordCredentials": [],
        "verifiedPublisher": {
            "displayName": null,
            "verifiedPublisherId": null,
            "addedDateTime": null
        }
    }
}

Step 3: Configure single sign-on

In this step, you configure SSO for both the AWS Contoso. For the application, you configure the SAML URLs while for the service principal, you set the SSO mode to saml.

Step 3.1: Set single sign-on mode for the service principal

Set saml as the SSO mode for the AWS Contoso service principal. The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46
Content-type: application/json

{
  "preferredSingleSignOnMode": "saml"
}

Step 3.2: Set basic SAML URLs for the application

Set the web/redirectUris and web/redirectUris for the AWS Contoso application. The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications/b7308000-8bb3-467b-bfc7-8dbbfd759ad9
Content-type: application/json

{
    "identifierUris": [
        "https://signin.aws.amazon.com/saml"
    ],
    "web": {
        "redirectUris": [
            "https://signin.aws.amazon.com/saml"
        ]
    }
}

Step 4: Add app roles

If the application requires the role information in the token, add the definition of the roles in the appRoles property. AWS Contoso was instantiated with the default User and msiam_access roles - don't modify or remove them. To add more roles, you include both the existing roles and the new roles in the appRoles object in the request, otherwise, the existing roles are replaced.

In this step, add the Finance,WAAD and Admin,WAAD roles to the AWS Contoso service principal. The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46
Content-type: application/json

{
    "appRoles": [
        {
            "allowedMemberTypes": [
                "User"
            ],
            "description": "User",
            "displayName": "User",
            "id": "8774f594-1d59-4279-b9d9-59ef09a23530",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "origin": "Application",
            "value": null
        },
        {
            "allowedMemberTypes": [
                "User"
            ],
            "description": "msiam_access",
            "displayName": "msiam_access",
            "id": "e7f1a7f3-9eda-48e0-9963-bd67bf531afd",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "origin": "Application",
            "value": null
        },
        {
            "allowedMemberTypes": [
                "User"
            ],
            "description": "Admin,WAAD",
            "displayName": "Admin,WAAD",
            "id": "3a84e31e-bffa-470f-b9e6-754a61e4dc63",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "value": "arn:aws:iam::212743507312:role/accountname-aws-admin,arn:aws:iam::212743507312:saml-provider/WAAD"
        },
        {
            "allowedMemberTypes": [
                "User"
            ],
            "description": "Finance,WAAD",
            "displayName": "Finance,WAAD",
            "id": "7a960000-ded3-455b-8c04-4f2ace00319b",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "value": "arn:aws:iam::212743507312:role/accountname-aws-finance,arn:aws:iam::212743507312:saml-provider/WAAD"
        }
    ]
}

Step 5: Configure claims mapping

You want to configure the SAML attributes by mapping the Microsoft Entra ID fields with specific AWS IAM Identity Center application attributes. You therefore create a claims mapping policy and assign it to the service principal.

Step 5.1: Create a claims mapping policy

In addition to the basic claims, configure the following claims for Microsoft Entra ID to emit in the SAML token:

Claim name Source
https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/Role assignedroles
https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/RoleSessionName userprincipalname
https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/SessionDuration "900"
appRoles assignedroles
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier userprincipalname

Note

Some keys in the claims mapping policy, such as Version, are case sensitive. The error message "Property has an invalid value" might be a case sensitivity issue.

Create the claims mapping policy and record its ID for use later in this tutorial.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/claimsMappingPolicies
Content-type: application/json

{
    "definition": [
        "{\"ClaimsMappingPolicy\":{\"Version\":1,\"IncludeBasicClaimSet\":\"true\", \"ClaimsSchema\": [{\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"assignedroles\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/Role\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"userprincipalname\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/RoleSessionName\"}, {\"Value\":\"900\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/SessionDuration\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"assignedroles\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"appRoles\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"userprincipalname\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/nameidentifier\"}]}}"
    ],
    "displayName": "AWS Claims Policy",
    "isOrganizationDefault": false
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#policies/claimsMappingPolicies/$entity",
    "id": "92037c7a-a875-49a0-814e-8ec30f880e2e",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "definition": [
        "{\"ClaimsMappingPolicy\":{\"Version\":1,\"IncludeBasicClaimSet\":\"true\", \"ClaimsSchema\": [{\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"assignedroles\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/Role\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"userprincipalname\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/RoleSessionName\"}, {\"Value\":\"900\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/SessionDuration\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"assignedroles\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"appRoles\"}, {\"Source\":\"user\",\"ID\":\"userprincipalname\",\"SamlClaimType\": \"https://aws.amazon.com/SAML/Attributes/nameidentifier\"}]}}"
    ],
    "displayName": "AWS Claims Policy",
    "isOrganizationDefault": false
}

Step 5.2: Assign the claims mapping policy to the service principal

The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/ef04fead-8549-4e59-b5f7-d1d8c697ec64/claimsMappingPolicies/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/claimsMappingPolicies/92037c7a-a875-49a0-814e-8ec30f880e2e"
}

Step 6: Configure a signing certificate

You need a certificate that Microsoft Entra ID can use to sign a SAML response. You can use the /addTokenSigningCertificate endpoint to create a token signing certificate for the service principal. Alternatively, you can create a self-signed certificate and upload it to the service principal.

After you add the certificate, the service principal contains two objects in the keyCredentials collection: one for the private key and one for the public key; and an object in the passwordCredentials collection for the certificate password.

Option 1: Create a token signing certificate for the service principal

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46/addTokenSigningCertificate
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "CN=AWSContoso",
    "endDateTime": "2027-01-22T00:00:00Z"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.selfSignedCertificate",
    "customKeyIdentifier": "wt3YBEyVas0CaadaZLeGLbndrD4=",
    "displayName": "CN=AWSContoso",
    "endDateTime": "2027-01-22T00:00:00Z",
    "key": "MIICqjCCAZKgAwIBAgIIZYCy..KlDixjUT61i4tFs=",
    "keyId": "04e5ac4e-31f9-41ad-83e2-6dd41e1d81f4",
    "startDateTime": "2024-02-21T17:09:35.0006942Z",
    "thumbprint": "C2DDD8044C956ACD0269A75A64B7862DB9DDAC3E",
    "type": "AsymmetricX509Cert",
    "usage": "Verify"
}

Option 2: Create a custom signing certificate

You can use the following PowerShell and C# scripts to get a self-signed certificate for testing. Use your company's best security practices to create a signing certificate for production.

The following script creates a self-signed certificate with the name you give in fqdn when prompted, for example, CN=AWSContoso. It protects the certificate with the password you supply in pwd and exports the PFX and CER certificates to the location you specify in location.

Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$fqdn,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$pwd,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$location
) 

if (!$PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('location'))
{
    $location = "."
} 

$cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -certstorelocation cert:\currentuser\my -DnsName $fqdn
$pwdSecure = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pwd -Force -AsPlainText
$path = 'cert:\currentuser\my\' + $cert.Thumbprint
$cerFile = $location + "\\" + $fqdn + ".cer"
$pfxFile = $location + "\\" + $fqdn + ".pfx" 

Export-PfxCertificate -cert $path -FilePath $pfxFile -Password $pwdSecure
Export-Certificate -cert $path -FilePath $cerFile

Extract certificate details

From the previous step, you have the CER and PFX certificates. Extract the values for the private key, password, public key, and the certificate thumbprint to add to the service principal.

Extract the certificate thumbprint
Request

The following PowerShell script allows you to extract the thumbprint from the CER file. Replace the file path with the location of your certificate.

## Replace the file path with the source of your certificate

Get-PfxCertificate -Filepath "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CN=AWSContoso.cer" | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CN=AWSContoso.cer.thumbprint.txt"
Response

The CN=AWSContoso.cer.thumbprint.txt file has an entry similar to the following output.

Thumbprint                                Subject              EnhancedKeyUsageList
----------                                -------              --------------------
5214D6BA9438F984A0CC2C856CCEA6A76EDCEC3A  CN=AWSContoso        {Client Authentication, Server Authentication}
Extract the certificate key

The following PowerShell script allows you to extract the public key from the CER file. Replace the file path with the location of your certificate.

Request
[convert]::ToBase64String((Get-Content C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CN=AWSContoso.cer -AsByteStream -Raw))  | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CN=AWSContoso.cer.key.txt"
Response

The CN=AWSContoso.cer.key.txt file has an base64 encoded value similar to the following truncated output.

MIIDHjCCAgagAwIBAgIQYDbahiL7NY...6qCMVJKHAQGzGwg==

Add the custom signing key

Add the following details to the keyCredentials and passwordCredentials for the service principal. Where the two objects have the same properties, you must assign the same values for those properties.

  • The customKeyIdentifier is the certificate thumbprint hash.
  • The startDateTime is the date when or after the certificate was created.
  • The endDateTime can be a maximum of three years from the startDateTime. If unspecified, the system automatically assigns a date one year after the startDateTime.
  • The type and usage must be:
    • AsymmetricX509Cert and Verify respectively in the same object.
    • X509CertAndPassword and Sign respectively in the same object.
  • Assign the certificate subject name to the displayName property.
  • The key is the Base64 encoded value that you generated in the previous step.
  • The keyId is a GUID that you can define.

The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/ef04fead-8549-4e59-b5f7-d1d8c697ec64
Content-type: application/json

{
    "keyCredentials": [
        {
            "customKeyIdentifier": "5214D6BA9438F984A0CC2C856CCEA6A76EDCEC3A",
            "endDateTime": "2027-01-22T00:00:00Z",
            "keyId": "4c266507-3e74-4b91-aeba-18a25b450f6e",
            "startDateTime": "2024-02-21T17:09:35Z",
            "type": "X509CertAndPassword",
            "usage": "Sign",
            "key": "MIICqjCCAZKgAwIBAgIIZYCy..KlDixjUT61i4tFs=",
            "displayName": "CN=AWSContoso"
        },
        {
            "customKeyIdentifier": "5214D6BA9438F984A0CC2C856CCEA6A76EDCEC3A",
            "endDateTime": "2027-01-22T00:00:00Z",
            "keyId": "e35a7d11-fef0-49ad-9f3e-aacbe0a42c42",
            "startDateTime": "2024-02-21T17:09:35Z",
            "type": "AsymmetricX509Cert",
            "usage": "Verify",
            "key": "MIICqjCCAZKgAwIBAgIIZYCy..KlDixjUT61i4tFs=",
            "displayName": "CN=AWSContoso"
        }
    ],
    "passwordCredentials": [
        {
            "customKeyIdentifier": "5214D6BA9438F984A0CC2C856CCEA6A76EDCEC3A",
            "keyId": "4c266507-3e74-4b91-aeba-18a25b450f6e",
            "endDateTime": "2022-01-27T19:40:33Z",
            "startDateTime": "2027-01-22T00:00:00Z",
            "secretText": "61891f4ee44d"
        }
    ]
}

Activate the custom signing key

You need to set the preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint property of the service principal to the thumbprint of the certificate that you want Microsoft Entra ID to use to sign the SAML response. The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46
Content-type: application/json

{
    "preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint": "5214D6BA9438F984A0CC2C856CCEA6A76EDCEC3A"
}

Step 7: Assign users to the application

Assign a user to the application

Assign the test user that you created to the service principal and grant them the Admin,WAAD app role. In the request body, provide the following values:

  • principalId - The ID of the user account that you created.
  • appRoleId - The ID of the Admin,WAAD app role that you added.
  • resourceId - The ID of the service principal.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46/appRoleAssignments
Content-type: application/json

{
    "principalId": "59bb3898-0621-4414-ac61-74f9d7201355",
    "principalType": "User",
    "appRoleId": "3a84e31e-bffa-470f-b9e6-754a61e4dc63",
    "resourceId": "d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#servicePrincipals('d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46')/appRoleAssignments/$entity",
    "id": "mDi7WSEGFESsYXT51yATVdouI-92Rw1OgPSpSxEvaLg",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "appRoleId": "3a84e31e-bffa-470f-b9e6-754a61e4dc63",
    "createdDateTime": "2024-02-21T18:07:54.7959075Z",
    "principalDisplayName": "Adele Vance",
    "principalId": "59bb3898-0621-4414-ac61-74f9d7201355",
    "principalType": "User",
    "resourceDisplayName": "AWS Contoso",
    "resourceId": "d3616293-fff8-4415-9f01-33b05dad1b46"
}

Step 8: Get Microsoft Entra ID SAML metadata for AWS Contoso app

Use the following URL to get the Microsoft Entra ID SAML metadata for AWS Contoso app. Replace {tenant-id} with the tenant ID and {appId} with the appId of the AWS Contoso app. The metadata contains information such as the signing certificate, Microsoft Entra entityID, and Microsoft Entra SingleSignOnService, among others.

https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant-id}/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml?appid={appId}

The following shows an example of what you might see for your application. Save the data in XML format.

<EntityDescriptor xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" ID="_26313693-22d4-4361-8e48-ea19bb8616e1" entityID="https://sts.windows.net/38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d/">
<RoleDescriptor xmlns:fed="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/200706" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="fed:SecurityTokenServiceType" protocolSupportEnumeration="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/200706">
<fed:ClaimTypesOffered>
...
<IDPSSODescriptor protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
<SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://login.microsoftonline.com/38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d/saml2"/>
<SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://login.microsoftonline.com/38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d/saml2"/>
<SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://login.microsoftonline.com/38d49456-54d4-455d-a8d6-c383c71e0a6d/saml2"/>
</IDPSSODescriptor>
</EntityDescriptor>

Step 9: Complete and test the integration

Now that you've configured the Microsoft Entra application and have the SAML metadata, sign in to your AWS IAM Identity Center company site as an administrator and:

  1. Configure AWS IAM Identity Center SSO.
  2. Create an AWS IAM Identity Center test user whose user name and email address match the user account that you created in Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Test the SSO integration.

[Optional] Step 10: Clean up resources

In this step, remove the resources that you created and no longer need.

Delete the application

When you delete the application, the service principal in your tenant is also deleted. The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications/b7308000-8bb3-467b-bfc7-8dbbfd759ad9

Delete the test user account

The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/59bb3898-0621-4414-ac61-74f9d7201355

Delete the claims mapping policy

The request returns a 204 No Content response code.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/claimsMappingPolicies/a4b35718-fd5e-4ca8-8248-a3c9934b1b78

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