Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ExcelityGlobal

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

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

Prerequisites

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

• A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
• ExcelityGlobal single sign-on 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.

• ExcelityGlobal supports IDP initiated SSO.

Note

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

Add ExcelityGlobal from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ExcelityGlobal 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 ExcelityGlobal.

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

   

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

   a. In the Identifier text box, type one of the following URLs:

   Identifier
   For Production Environment : https://ess.excelityglobal.com
   For Sandbox Environment : https://s6.excelityglobal.com

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type one of the following URLs:

   Reply URL
   For Production Environment : https://ess.excelityglobal.com/ACS
   For Sandbox Environment : https://s6.excelityglobal.com/ACS

6. Your ExcelityGlobal 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, whereas nameidentifier is mapped with user.userprincipalname. ExcelityGlobal application expects nameidentifier to be mapped with user.mail, so you need to edit the attribute mapping by clicking on Edit icon and change the attribute mapping.

   

7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

   

8. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint and save it on your computer.

   

9. On the Set up ExcelityGlobal section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

   

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 ExcelityGlobal.

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

To configure single sign-on on ExcelityGlobal side, you need to send the Thumbprint value and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to ExcelityGlobal support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create ExcelityGlobal test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in ExcelityGlobal. Work with ExcelityGlobal support team to add the users in the ExcelityGlobal 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 with following options.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure ExcelityGlobal 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.