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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with FCM HUB

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate FCM HUB with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate FCM HUB with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Note

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

Scenario description

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

  • FCM HUB supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with FCM HUB 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 FCM HUB.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with FCM HUB, 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 FCM HUB SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create FCM HUB test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in FCM HUB 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 > FCM HUB > 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 Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

  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://hub.fcm.travel/SsoSp/SpInit?clientid=<CUSTOMID>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-on URL. Contact account manager who is assigned to you or contact FCM HUB Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  7. Select Save.

  8. On the Manage Claim page, in the User Attributes & Claims section, add these custom attributes:

    • Name: PortalID
    • Source: Attribute
    • Source Attribute: PortalID, value provided by FCM

  9. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, use the edit option to select or enter the following settings, and then select Save:

    • Signing Option: Sign SAML response and Assertion
    • Signing Algorithm: SHA-256

  10. 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

  11. On the Set up FCM HUB 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 FCM HUB.

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

To configure single sign-on on FCM HUB side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to your account manager who is assigned to you for the support or contact FCM HUB Client support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create FCM HUB test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in FCM HUB. Work with your account manager or contact FCM HUB Client support team to add the users in the FCM HUB 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.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to FCM HUB Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to FCM HUB Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

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

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the FCM HUB tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the FCM HUB 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 FCM HUB 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.