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

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Sigma Computing supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
  • Sigma Computing supports Just In Time user provisioning.
  • Sigma Computing supports Automated user provisioning.

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 Sigma Computing into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Sigma Computing 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 Sigma Computing in the search box.
  4. Select Sigma Computing 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 Sigma Computing

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Sigma Computing 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 Sigma Computing.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Sigma Computing, 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 Sigma Computing SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Sigma Computing test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Sigma Computing 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 > Sigma Computing > 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, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Sign-on URL
    https://app.sigmacomputing.com/<CustomerOrg>
    https://aws.sigmacomputing.com/<CustomerOrg>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-on URL. Contact Sigma Computing Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  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.

    The Certificate download link

  9. On the Set up Sigma Computing 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 Sigma Computing.

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

  1. Log in to your Sigma account.

  2. Navigate to the Admin Portal by selecting Administration from the user menu.

  3. Perform the following steps in the below page.

    Configure Sigma Computing SSO section

    a. Select the Authentication page from the left panel.

    b. Under Authentication Method, select SAML or SAML or password.

    c. In the Identity provider login URL textbox, paste the Login URL value which you copied previously.

    d. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad and paste the content into the Identity Provider X509 certificate textbox.

    e. Click on Save.

Create Sigma Computing test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Sigma Computing. Sigma Computing supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Sigma Computing, a new one is created after authentication.

Sigma Computing 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.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Sigma Computing Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Sigma Computing for which you set up the SSO

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Sigma Computing tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the Sigma Computing 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 Sigma Computing 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.