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Tutorial: Azure Active Directory single sign-on (SSO) integration with Meta Work Accounts

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Meta Work Accounts with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Meta Work Accounts with Azure AD, you can:

  • Control in Azure AD who has access to Meta Work Accounts.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Meta Work Accounts with their Azure AD accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Meta Work Accounts single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

  • Meta Work Accounts supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Meta Work Accounts into Azure AD, you need to add Meta Work Accounts from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
  3. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
  4. To add new application, select New application.
  5. In the Add from the gallery section, type Meta Work Accounts in the search box.
  6. Select Meta Work Accounts 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 Azure AD SSO for Meta Work Accounts

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Meta Work Accounts using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Meta Work Accounts.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Meta Work Accounts, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Azure AD SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  2. Configure Meta Work Accounts SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Meta Work Accounts test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Meta Work Accounts that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD SSO

Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.

  1. In the Azure portal, on the Meta Work Accounts application integration page, find the Manage section and select single sign-on.

  2. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  3. 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

  4. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://work.facebook.com/company/<ID>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://work.facebook.com/work/saml.php?__cid=<ID>

  5. 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 the URL: https://work.facebook.com

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Engage the Work Accounts team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  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 Meta Work Accounts section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.

  1. From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.
  3. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User 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. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Meta Work Accounts.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
  2. In the applications list, select Meta Work Accounts.
  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 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.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Meta Work Accounts SSO

  1. Log in to your Meta Work Accounts company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Security > Single Sign-On.

  3. Enable Single-sign on(SSO) checkbox and click +Add new SSO Provider.

  1. On the Single Sign-On (SSO) Setup page, perform the following steps:

  1. Enter a valid Name of the SSO Provider.

  2. In the SAML URL textbox, paste the Login URL value which you have copied from the Azure portal.

  3. In the SAML Issuer URL textbox, paste the Azure AD Identifier value which you have copied from the Azure portal.

  4. Enable SAML logout redirection checkbox and in the SAML Logout URL textbox, paste the Logout URL value which you have copied from the Azure portal.

  5. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) from the Azure portal into Notepad and paste the content into the SAML Certificate textbox.

  6. Copy Audience URL value, paste this value into the Identifier textbox in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  7. Copy ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL value, paste this value into the Reply URL text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  8. In the Test SSO Setup section, enter a valid email in the textbox and click Test SSO.

  9. Click Save Changes.

Create Meta Work Accounts test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Meta Work Accounts. Work with the Work Accounts team to add the users in the Meta Work Accounts platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application in Azure portal. This will redirect to Meta Work Accounts Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Meta Work Accounts Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application in Azure portal and you should be automatically signed in to the Meta Work Accounts 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 Meta Work Accounts 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 Meta Work Accounts 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 Meta Work Accounts 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.