Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud

In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud with Microsoft Entra ID. It is a SAML SSO Auth application to enable Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud on Azure Native Services. When you integrate Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

You'll configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on for Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud in a test environment. Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud supports both SP and IDP initiated single sign-on and Just In Time user provisioning.

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, you need:

Add application and assign a test user

Before you begin the process of configuring single sign-on, you need to add the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud application from the Microsoft Entra gallery. You need a test user account to assign to the application and test the single sign-on configuration.

Add Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud from the Microsoft Entra application gallery to configure single sign-on with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud. For more information on how to add application from the gallery, see the Quickstart: Add application from the gallery.

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account article to create a test user account called B.Simon.

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, and assign roles. The wizard also provides a link to the single sign-on configuration pane. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards..

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Complete the following steps to enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Screenshot shows how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    1. In the Identifier textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<ORG_ID>.<REGION>.informaticacloud.com

    2. In the Reply URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<REGION>.informaticacloud.com/identity-service/acs/<ORG_ID>

  6. If you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode, then perform the following step:

    In the Sign on URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<REGION>.informaticacloud.com/ma/sso/<ORG_ID>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud support team to get these values. 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, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  8. On the Set up Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate URL.

Configure Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud SSO

  1. Log in to your Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Administrator > SAML Setup and perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the Settings page of Brainfuse.

    1. In the Issuer textbox, paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value, which you copied previously.

    2. In the Single Sign-On Service URL textbox, paste the Login URL, which you copied previously.

    3. In the Single Logout Service URL textbox, paste the Logout URL, which you copied previously.

    4. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad and paste the content into the Signing Certificate textbox.

    5. Click Save to save the details.

Create Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud. Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, a new one is commonly created after authentication.

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 Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud 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 Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud 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 Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud 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 Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Additional resources

Next steps

Once you configure Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud 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.