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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Valence Security Platform

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Valence Security Platform.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Valence Security Platform 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.
  • Valence Security Platform single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • Valence Security Platform supports IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Valence Security Platform into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Valence Security Platform 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 Valence Security Platform in the search box.
  4. Select Valence Security Platform 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. You can learn more about O365 wizards here.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Valence Security Platform

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Valence Security Platform 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 Valence Security Platform.

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

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.valencesecurity.com/auth/realms/valence/broker/<CustomerName>/endpoint/clients/oktasamlapp

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.valencesecurity.com/auth/realms/valence/broker/<CustomerName>/endpoint/clients/oktasamlapp

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Valence Security Platform 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, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up Valence Security Platform section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate URL.

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 Valence Security Platform.

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

To configure single sign-on on Valence Security Platform side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Valence Security Platform support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Valence Security Platform test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Valence Security Platform. Work with Valence Security Platform support team to add the users in the Valence Security Platform 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 Valence Security Platform for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Valence Security Platform tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Valence Security Platform for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Valence Security Platform 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 Cloud App Security.