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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Broadcom DX SaaS

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Broadcom DX SaaS with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Broadcom DX SaaS with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Broadcom DX SaaS.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Broadcom DX SaaS 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.
  • Broadcom DX SaaS single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Note

This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.

Scenario description

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

  • Broadcom DX SaaS supports IDP initiated SSO.

  • Broadcom DX SaaS supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Broadcom DX SaaS 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 Broadcom DX SaaS.

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

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a value using the following pattern: DXI_<TENANT_NAME>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://axa.dxi-na1.saas.broadcom.com/ess/authn/<TENANT_NAME>

    Note

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

  6. Broadcom DX SaaS application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    image

  7. In addition to above, Broadcom DX SaaS application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response, which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    Group user.groups

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  9. On the Set up Broadcom DX SaaS section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 Broadcom DX SaaS.

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

  1. Log in to your Broadcom DX SaaS company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to the Settings and click on Users tab.

    Users

  3. In the User management section, click ellipses and select SAML.

    User management

  4. In the Identify SAML account section, perform the following steps.

    Account

    a. In the Issuer textbox, paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value which you copied previously.

    b. In the Identity Provider (IDP) Login URL textbox, paste the Login URL value which you copied previously.

    c. In the Identity Provider (IDP) Logout URL textbox, paste the Logout URL value which you copied previously.

    d. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad and paste the content into the Identity provider certificate textbox.

    e. Click NEXT.

  5. In the Map attributes section, fill the required SAML attributes in the following page and click NEXT.

    Attributes

  6. In the Identify user group section, enter the object ID of that group and click NEXT.

    Add group

  7. In the Populate SAML Account section, verify the populated values and click SAVE.

    SAML Account

Create Broadcom DX SaaS test user

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

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 Broadcom DX SaaS for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Broadcom DX SaaS tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Broadcom DX SaaS for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next Steps

Once you configure Broadcom DX SaaS 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.