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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Mozy Enterprise

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Mozy Enterprise supports SP initiated SSO

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

To add Mozy Enterprise from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  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 search box, type Mozy Enterprise, select Mozy Enterprise from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Mozy Enterprise in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

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

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

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

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Mozy Enterprise application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

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

    Mozy Enterprise Domain and URLs single sign-on information

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<tenantname>.Mozyenterprise.com

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Mozy Enterprise Client support team to get the value. 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, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Mozy Enterprise section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure Mozy Enterprise Single Sign-On

  1. In a different web browser window, log into your Mozy Enterprise company site as an administrator.

  2. In the Configuration section, click Authentication Policy.

    Screenshot shows Authentication Policy selected from Configuration.

  3. On the Authentication Policy section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Authentication Policy section where you can enter the values described.

    a. Select Directory Service as Provider.

    b. Select Use LDAP Push.

    c. Click the SAML Authentication tab.

    d. Paste Login URL into the Authentication URL textbox.

    e. Paste Microsoft Entra Identifier into the SAML Endpoint textbox.

    f. Open your downloaded base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste the entire Certificate into SAML Certificate textbox.

    g. Select Enable SSO for Admins to log in with their network credentials.

    h. Click Save Changes.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta 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 enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Mozy Enterprise.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Mozy Enterprise.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Mozy Enterprise.

    The Mozy Enterprise link in the Applications list

  4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

  5. 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 Mozy Enterprise test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log into Mozy Enterprise, they must be provisioned into Mozy Enterprise. In the case of Mozy Enterprise, provisioning is a manual task.

Note

You can use any other Mozy Enterprise user account creation tools or APIs provided by Mozy Enterprise to provision Microsoft Entra user accounts.

To provision a user accounts, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to your Mozy Enterprise tenant.

  2. Click Users, and then click Add New User.

    Users

    Note

    The Add New User option is only displayed only if Mozy is selected as the provider under Authentication policy. If SAML Authentication is configured, then the users are added automatically on their first login through Single sign on.

  3. On the new user dialog, perform the following steps:

    Add Users

    a. From the Choose a Group list, select a group.

    b. From the What type of user list, select a type.

    c. In the Username textbox, type the name of the Microsoft Entra user.

    d. In the Email textbox, type the email address of the Microsoft Entra user.

    e. Select Send user instruction email.

    f. Click Add User(s).

    Note

    After creating the user, an email will be sent to the Microsoft Entra user that includes a link to confirm the account before it becomes active.

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the Mozy Enterprise tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Mozy Enterprise for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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