Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with NEOGOV

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

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

Scenario description

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

• NEOGOV supports IDP initiated SSO.

Note

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

Add NEOGOV from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with NEOGOV 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 NEOGOV.

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

   

5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Identifier text box, type one of the following URLs:

   Environment	URL pattern
   Production	https://login.neogov.com/
   Sandbox	https://login.uat.neogov.net/

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type one of the following URLs:

   Environment	URL pattern
   Production	https://login.neogov.com/authentication/saml/consumer
   Sandbox	https://login.uat.neogov.net/authentication/saml/consumer

6. NEOGOV 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, where as nameidentifier is mapped with user.userprincipalname. NEOGOV application expects nameidentifier to be mapped with user.objectid, so you need to edit the attribute mapping by clicking on Edit icon and change the attribute mapping.

   

7. In addition to above, NEOGOV application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

   Name	Source Attribute
   mail	user.mail

8. 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.

   

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 NEOGOV.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > NEOGOV.
3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
4. 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.

Configure NEOGOV SSO

To configure single sign-on on NEOGOV side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to your NEOGOV implementation consultant or to the NEOGOV support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create NEOGOV test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in NEOGOV. Work with your NEOGOV implementation consultant or to the NEOGOV support team to add the users in the NEOGOV 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, and you should be automatically signed in to the NEOGOV for which you set up the SSO.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the NEOGOV tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the NEOGOV 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 NEOGOV 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.