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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Brandfolder

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Brandfolder with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating Brandfolder with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Brandfolder.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Brandfolder (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Brandfolder, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get one-month trial here
  • Brandfolder single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

  • Brandfolder supports IDP initiated SSO

  • Brandfolder supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of Brandfolder into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Brandfolder from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add Brandfolder from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  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 Brandfolder, select Brandfolder from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Brandfolder in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Brandfolder based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Brandfolder needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Brandfolder, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure Brandfolder Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  5. Create Brandfolder test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Brandfolder that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Brandfolder, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Brandfolder application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    Brandfolder Domain and URLs single sign-on information

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://brandfolder.com/organizations/<ORG_SLUG>/saml/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://brandfolder.com/organizations/<ORG_SLUG>/saml

    Note

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

  6. 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

Configure Brandfolder Single Sign-On

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

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta 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 enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Brandfolder.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Brandfolder.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Brandfolder.

    The Brandfolder link in the Applications list

  4. In the menu on the left, select Users and groups.

    The "Users and groups" link

  5. Click the Add user button, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    The Add Assignment pane

  6. In the Users and groups dialog select Britta Simon in the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  7. If you are expecting any role value in the SAML assertion then in the Select Role dialog select the appropriate role for the user from the list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  8. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Create Brandfolder test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Brandfolder. Brandfolder 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 Brandfolder, a new one is created after authentication.

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the Brandfolder tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Brandfolder for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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