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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Single Sign-on for Skytap

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Single Sign-on for Skytap with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Single Sign-on for Skytap with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Single Sign-on for Skytap.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed in to Single Sign-on for Skytap with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location, the Azure portal.

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.
  • Single Sign-on for Skytap single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Single Sign-on for Skytap supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Single Sign-on for Skytap into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Single Sign-on for Skytap 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap in the search box.
  4. Select Single Sign-on for Skytap from the 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Single Sign-on for Skytap by using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, establish a linked relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Single Sign-on for Skytap.

Here are the general steps to configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Single Sign-on for Skytap:

  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 Single Sign-on for Skytap SSO to configure the single sign-on settings on the application side.
    1. Create a Single Sign-on for Skytap test user to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Single Sign-on for Skytap. This counterpart is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of the 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 > Single Sign-on for Skytap > 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. In the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you want to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL that uses the following pattern: http://pingone.com/<custom EntityID>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://sso.connect.pingidentity.com/sso/sp/ACS.saml2

  6. You can optionally select Set additional URLs, and perform the following steps to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    a. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL that uses the following pattern: https://sso.connect.pingidentity.com/sso/sp/initsso?saasid=<saasid>&idpid=<idpid>

    b. In the Relay State text box, type a URL that uses the following pattern: https://pingone.com/1.0/<custom ID>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, Sign-on URL and Relay State. Contact the Single Sign-on for Skytap Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML. Select Download to download the metadata file and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot of the certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Single Sign-on for Skytap section, copy the appropriate URL or URLs, based on your requirement.

    Screenshot of copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap.

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

To configure single sign-on on the Single Sign-on for Skytap side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML, and appropriate copied URLs, to the Single Sign-on for Skytap Client support team. They configure this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Single Sign-on for Skytap test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in Single Sign-on for Skytap. Work with the Single Sign-on for Skytap Client support team to add the users in the Single Sign-on for Skytap platform. You can't use single sign-on until you create and activate users.

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 Single Sign-on for Skytap Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Single Sign-on for Skytap 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap 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 Single Sign-on for Skytap 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.