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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Explanation-Based Auditing System

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Explanation-Based Auditing System with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating Explanation-Based Auditing System with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Explanation-Based Auditing System.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Explanation-Based Auditing System (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 Explanation-Based Auditing System, 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
  • Explanation-Based Auditing System single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

  • Explanation-Based Auditing System supports SP initiated SSO

  • Explanation-Based Auditing System supports just-in-time user Provisioning

To configure the integration of Explanation-Based Auditing System into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Explanation-Based Auditing System from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 search box, type Explanation-Based Auditing System, select Explanation-Based Auditing System from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Explanation-Based Auditing System, 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System, 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 > Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    Explanation-Based Auditing System Domain and URLs single sign-on information

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL: https://ebas.maizeanalytics.com

  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 Explanation-Based Auditing System Single Sign-On

To configure single sign-on on Explanation-Based Auditing System side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Explanation-Based Auditing System.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Explanation-Based Auditing System.

    The Explanation-Based Auditing System link in the Applications list

  4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

  5. 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.

Create Explanation-Based Auditing System test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Explanation-Based Auditing System. Explanation-Based Auditing System 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System, 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 Explanation-Based Auditing System tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Explanation-Based Auditing System for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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