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Tutorial: Azure A SSO integration with X-point Cloud

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate X-point Cloud with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate X-point Cloud with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Scenario description

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

  • X-point Cloud supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with X-point Cloud 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 X-point Cloud.

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

    b. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.atledcloud.jp/xpoint/saml/acs

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.atledcloud.jp/xpoint

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Please match the <SUBDOMAIN> part of https://<SUBDOMAIN>.atledcloud.jp with the URL of the X-point you are using. 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 Certificate (Raw) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up X-point Cloud 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 X-point Cloud.

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

To configure single sign-on on the X-point Cloud side, you can use the downloaded Certificate (Raw) and the Login URL copied into the SAML service settings in the X-point Cloud domain management menu. Set to Certificate of public key used by IdP to sign and SSO endpoint URL for IdP.

Create X-point Cloud test user

In this section, you can use the email addresses of users registered with Microsoft Entra ID in X-point Cloud. Create a user who has removed @ and beyond. For example "username@companydomain.extension", add "username" to X-point Cloud, Before you can use single sign-on, you must create and enable users.

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 X-point Cloud Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure X-point Cloud 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.