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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Image Relay

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Image Relay supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Image Relay 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 Image Relay.

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<COMPANYNAME>.imagerelay.com/sso/metadata

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<COMPANYNAME>.imagerelay.com/

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. Contact Image Relay Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Image Relay section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per 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 Image Relay.

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

  1. In another browser window, sign in to your Image Relay company site as an administrator.

  2. In the toolbar on the top, click the Users & Permissions workload.

    Screenshot shows Users & Permissions selected from the toolbar.

  3. Click Create New Permission.

    Screenshot shows a text box to enter Permission title and an option to choose Permission Type.

  4. In the Single Sign On Settings workload, select the This Group can only sign-in via Single Sign On check box, and then click Save.

    Screenshot shows the Single Sign On Settings where you can select the option.

  5. Go to Account Settings.

    Screenshot shows the Account Settings toolbar option.

  6. Go to the Single Sign On Settings workload.

    Screenshot shows the Single Sign On Settings menu option.

  7. On the SAML Settings dialog, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the SAML Settings dialog box where you can enter the information.

    a. In Login URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

    b. In Logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL..

    c. As Name Id Format, select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress.

    d. As Binding Options for Requests from the Service Provider (Image Relay), select POST Binding.

    e. Under x.509 Certificate, click Update Certificate.

    Screenshot shows the option to Update Certificate.

    f. Open the downloaded certificate in notepad, copy the content, and then paste it into the x.509 Certificate textbox.

    Screenshot shows the x dot 509 Certificate.

    g. In Just-In-Time User Provisioning section, select the Enable Just-In-Time User Provisioning.

    Screenshot shows the Just-In-Time User Provisioning section with the enable control selected.

    h. Select the permission group (for example, SSO Basic) which is allowed to sign in only through single sign-on.

    Screenshot shows the Just-In-Time User Provisioning section with S S O Basic selected.

    i. Click Save.

Create Image Relay test user

The objective of this section is to create a user called Britta Simon in Image Relay.

To create a user called Britta Simon in Image Relay, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign-on to your Image Relay company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Users & Permissions and select Create SSO User.

    Screenshot shows Create S S O User selected from the menu.

  3. Enter the Email, First Name, Last Name, and Company of the user you want to provision and select the permission group (for example, SSO Basic) which is the group that can sign in only through single sign-on.

    Screenshot shows Create a S S O User page where you can enter the required information.

  4. Click Create.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

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

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Image Relay tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Image Relay Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Image Relay 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.