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Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with Axiad Cloud

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Axiad Cloud with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Axiad Cloud with Azure AD, you can:

  • Control in Azure AD who has access to Axiad Cloud.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Axiad Cloud with their Azure AD accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Axiad Cloud single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

  • Axiad Cloud supports SP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Axiad Cloud into Azure AD, you need to add Axiad Cloud from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
  3. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
  4. To add new application, select New application.
  5. In the Add from the gallery section, type Axiad Cloud in the search box.
  6. Select Axiad Cloud 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 Azure AD SSO for Axiad Cloud

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Axiad Cloud using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Axiad Cloud.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Axiad Cloud, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Azure AD SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  2. Configure Axiad Cloud SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Axiad Cloud test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Axiad Cloud that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD SSO

Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.

  1. In the Azure portal, on the Axiad Cloud application integration page, find the Manage section and select single sign-on.

  2. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  3. 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

  4. 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://access-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net/<CUSTOM_URL>

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://access-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net/<CUSTOM_URL>

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://portal-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Axiad Cloud Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  6. On the Set up Axiad Cloud section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.

  1. From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.
  3. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User 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. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Axiad Cloud.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
  2. In the applications list, select Axiad Cloud.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Axiad Cloud SSO

To configure single sign-on on Axiad Cloud side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from Azure portal to Axiad Cloud support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Axiad Cloud test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Axiad Cloud. Work with Axiad Cloud support team to add the users in the Axiad Cloud platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application in Azure portal. This will redirect to Axiad Cloud Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Axiad Cloud 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.