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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with iServer Portal

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to iServer Portal.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to iServer Portal 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.
  • iServer Portal single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • iServer Portal supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iServer Portal 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 iServer Portal.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with iServer Portal, 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 iServer Portal SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create iServer Portal test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in iServer Portal 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 > iServer Portal > 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 shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a value using the following pattern: iserver-portal-<myiserverportal>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<myiserverportal.com>/SAML/login

  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://<myiserverportal.com>/SAML/login

    Note

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

  7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Screenshot shows to Edit SAML Signing Certificate.

  8. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows to Copy Thumbprint value.

  9. On the Set up iServer Portal section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate U R L.

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 iServer Portal.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > iServer Portal.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure iServer Portal SSO

To configure single sign-on on iServer Portal side, you need to send the Thumbprint Value and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to iServer Portal support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create iServer Portal test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in iServer Portal. Work with iServer Portal support team to add the users in the iServer Portal 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 iServer Portal Sign-On URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to iServer Portal 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 iServer Portal 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 iServer Portal 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 iServer Portal for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure iServer Portal 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.