Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with join.me

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10/23/2023

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

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

Scenario description

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

join.me supports IDP initiated SSO

Adding join.me from the gallery

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

To add join.me from the gallery, perform the following steps:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
In the search box, type join.me, select join.me from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with join.me 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 join.me needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with join.me, you need to complete the following building blocks:

Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
Configure join.me Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
Create join.me test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in join.me that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
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 join.me, perform the following steps:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > join.me application integration page, select Single sign-on.
On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.
On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.
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.

Configure join.me Single Sign-On

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

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
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.
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 join.me.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > join.me.
In the applications list, select join.me.
In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
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 join.me test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in join.me. Work with join.me support team to add the users in the join.me 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 join.me tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the join.me for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.