Configure Olfeo SAAS for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate Olfeo SAAS with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Olfeo SAAS with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Olfeo SAAS.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Olfeo SAAS with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

• A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
• One of the following roles:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• Olfeo SAAS single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Olfeo SAAS supports SP initiated SSO.

• Olfeo SAAS supports Automated user provisioning.

Adding Olfeo SAAS from the gallery

To configure the integration of Olfeo SAAS into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Olfeo SAAS 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Olfeo SAAS in the search box.
4. Select Olfeo SAAS 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Olfeo SAAS

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Olfeo SAAS 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 Olfeo SAAS.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Olfeo SAAS, 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 Olfeo SAAS SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Olfeo SAAS test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Olfeo SAAS that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > Olfeo SAAS > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields:

   a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.olfeo.com/api/sso/saml/<ID>/login

   b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.olfeo.com/api/sso/saml/<ID>/login

   c. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.olfeo.com/api/sso/saml/<ID>/acs

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL, Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Olfeo SAAS 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, select copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

   

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure Olfeo SAAS SSO

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

Create Olfeo SAAS test user

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

Olfeo SAAS also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

Test SSO

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

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to Olfeo SAAS Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Olfeo SAAS tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to Olfeo SAAS Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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