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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Korn Ferry 360

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Korn Ferry 360 with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Korn Ferry 360 with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Korn Ferry 360.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Korn Ferry 360 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.
  • Korn Ferry 360 single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Korn Ferry 360 supports SP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Korn Ferry 360 into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Korn Ferry 360 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 Korn Ferry 360 in the search box.
  4. Select Korn Ferry 360 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 Korn Ferry 360

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Korn Ferry 360 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 Korn Ferry 360.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Korn Ferry 360, 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 Korn Ferry 360 SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Korn Ferry 360 test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Korn Ferry 360 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 > Korn Ferry 360 > 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 text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<customidentifier>.kornferry.com/

    b. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://surveys.kornferry.com/<customidentifier>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign-on URL. Contact Korn Ferry 360 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, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Korn Ferry 360 section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 Korn Ferry 360.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Korn Ferry 360.
  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 Korn Ferry 360 SSO

To configure single sign-on on Korn Ferry 360 side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Korn Ferry 360 support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Korn Ferry 360 test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in Korn Ferry 360. Work with Korn Ferry 360 support team to add the users in the Korn Ferry 360 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, this will redirect to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Korn Ferry 360 tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Korn Ferry 360 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.