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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ASC Contracts

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to ASC Contracts.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to ASC Contracts 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.
  • ASC Contracts single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • ASC Contracts supports IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ASC Contracts 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 ASC Contracts.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ASC Contracts, 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 ASC Contracts SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create ASC Contracts test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ASC Contracts 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 > ASC Contracts > 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.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.asccontracts.com/shibboleth

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.asccontracts.com/shibboleth.sso/login

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact ASC Networks Inc. (ASC) team at 613.599.6178 to get these values.

  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.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up ASC Contracts section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy appropriate configuration U R L.

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 ASC Contracts.

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

To configure single sign-on on ASC Contracts side, call ASC Networks Inc. (ASC) support at 613.599.6178 and provide them with the downloaded Federation Metadata XML. They set this application up to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create ASC Contracts test user

Work with ASC Networks Inc. (ASC) support team at 613.599.6178 to get the users added in the ASC Contracts platform.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the ASC Contracts for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the ASC Contracts tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the ASC Contracts for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure ASC Contracts 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.