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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Moxtra

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Moxtra.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Moxtra 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.
  • Moxtra 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.

  • Moxtra supports SP initiated SSO.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Moxtra 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 Moxtra.

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://www.moxtra.com/service/#login

  6. Moxtra application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes. Click Edit icon to open User Attributes dialog.

    Screenshot shows the image of Moxtra application.

  7. In addition to above, Moxtra application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response. In the User Claims section on the User Attributes dialog, perform the following steps to add SAML token attribute as shown in the below table:

    Name Source Attribute
    firstname user.givenname
    lastname user.surname
    idpid < Microsoft Entra Identifier >

    Note

    The value of idpid attribute is not real. You can get the actual value from Set up Moxtra section from step#8.

    1. Click Add new claim to open the Manage user claims dialog.

    2. In the Name textbox, type the attribute name shown for that row.

    3. Leave the Namespace blank.

    4. Select Source as Attribute.

    5. From the Source attribute list, type the attribute value shown for that row.

    6. Click Ok

    7. Click Save.

  8. 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.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  9. On the Set up Moxtra 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 Moxtra.

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

  1. In another browser window, sign on to your Moxtra company site as an administrator.

  2. In the toolbar on the left, click Admin Console > SAML Single Sign-on, and then click New.

    Screenshot shows the S A M L Single Sign-on page with the option to create a new S A M L Single Sign-on.

  3. On the SAML page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the SAML page where you can enter the values described.

    a. In the Name textbox, type a name for your configuration (e.g.: SAML).

    b. In the IdP Entity ID textbox, paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier..

    c. In Login URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

    d. In the AuthnContextClassRef textbox, type urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:Password.

    e. In the NameID Format textbox, type urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress.

    f. Open certificate which you have downloaded from Azure portal in notepad, copy the content, and then paste it into the Certificate textbox.

    g. In the SAML email domain textbox, type your SAML email domain.

    Note

    To see the steps to verify the domain, click the "i" below.

    h. Click Update.

Create Moxtra test user

The objective of this section is to create a user called B.simon in Moxtra.

To create a user called B.simon in Moxtra, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign on to your Moxtra company site as an administrator.

  2. In the toolbar on the left, click Admin Console > User Management, and then Add User.

    Screenshot shows the User Management page with Add User selected.

  3. On the Add User dialog, perform the following steps:

    a. In the First Name textbox, type B.

    b. In the Last Name textbox, type Simon.

    c. In the Email textbox, type B.simon's email address same as on Azure portal.

    d. In the Division textbox, type Dev.

    e. In the Department textbox, type IT.

    f. Select Administrator.

    g. Click Add.

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 Moxtra Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Moxtra 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.