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

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Onit supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Onit 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 Onit.

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

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.onit.com

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.onit.com

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Onit Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Edit SAML Signing Certificate

  7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

    Copy Thumbprint value

  8. On the Set up Onit section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 Onit.

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

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

  2. In the menu on the top, click Administration.

    Screenshot that shows the menu at the top of the "M S S S O Test" page with the "Administration" action selected.

  3. Click Edit Corporation.

    Edit Corporation

  4. Click the Security tab.

    Edit Company Information

  5. On the Security tab, perform the following steps:

    Single Sign-On

    a. As Authentication Strategy, select Single Sign On and Password.

    b. In Idp Target URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL.

    c. In Idp logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL.

    d. In Idp Cert Fingerprint (SHA1) textbox, paste the Thumbprint value of certificate.

Create Onit test user

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

To configure user provisioning, perform the following steps:

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

  2. Click Add User.

    Administration

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

    Add User

    a. Type the Name and the Email Address of a valid Microsoft Entra account you want to provision into the related textboxes.

    b. Click Create.

    Note

    The Microsoft Entra account holder receives an email and follows a link to confirm their account before it becomes active.

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

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Onit 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.