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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Inkling

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Inkling supports IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Inkling 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 Inkling.

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

    Screenshot for Edit Basic SAML Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields: a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://api.inkling.com/saml/v2/metadata/<user-id>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://api.inkling.com/saml/v2/acs/<user-id>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Inkling 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 Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot for The Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up Inkling section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Screenshot for 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 Inkling.

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

To configure single sign-on on Inkling side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Inkling support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Inkling test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Inkling. Work with Inkling support team to add the users in the Inkling 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.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Inkling tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Inkling 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 Inkling 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.