Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Eventfinity

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Eventfinity.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Eventfinity with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location.

To learn more about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID.

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.
• Eventfinity single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Eventfinity supports SP and IDP initiated SSO
• Once you configure Eventfinity 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.

Note

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

Adding Eventfinity from the gallery

To configure the integration of Eventfinity into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Eventfinity 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 Eventfinity in the search box.
4. Select Eventfinity 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 single sign-on for Eventfinity

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Eventfinity 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 Eventfinity.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Eventfinity, complete the following building blocks:

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 Eventfinity SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Eventfinity test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Eventfinity 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 > Eventfinity > 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 edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

   In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://auth.eventfinity.co/saml/<ID>/acs

6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

   In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://auth.eventfinity.co/saml/<ID>/sso

   Note

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

7. 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.

   

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 Eventfinity.

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

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

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 Eventfinity SSO

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

Create Eventfinity test user

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

Test SSO

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

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

Additional resources

• List of Tutorials on How to Integrate SaaS Apps with Microsoft Entra ID

• What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID?

• What is Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID?

• What is session control in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?