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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with iDiD Manager

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate iDiD Manager with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating iDiD Manager with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

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

Scenario description

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

  • iDiD Manager supports SP and IDP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of iDiD Manager into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add iDiD Manager from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager, select iDiD Manager from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with iDiD Manager, 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 iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager, 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 > iDiD Manager 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, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

    Screenshot shows Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    Screenshot shows Set additional U R Ls where you can enter a Sign on U R L.

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://idid2.fi/saml/login/<domain>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-on URL. Contact iDiD Manager Client support team to get the value. 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.

    The Certificate download link

Configure iDiD Manager Single Sign-On

To configure single sign-on on iDiD Manager side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > iDiD Manager.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select iDiD Manager.

    The iDiD Manager 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 iDiD Manager test user

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

Test single sign-on

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

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

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