In this article, you'll learn how to integrate ADP with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate ADP with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to ADP.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to ADP 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.
ADP single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Note
This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
ADP supports IDP initiated SSO.
Note
Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
Add ADP from the gallery
To configure the integration of ADP into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add ADP from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ADP 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 ADP.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ADP, perform the following steps:
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ADP application integration page, click on Properties tab and perform the following steps:
a. Set the Enabled for users to sign-in field value to Yes.
b. Copy the User access URL and you have to paste it in Configure Sign-on URL section, which is explained later in the article.
c. Set the User assignment required field value to Yes.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ADP application integration page, find the Manage section and select Single sign-on.
On the Select a Single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:
In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type the URL:
https://fed.adp.com
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.
On the Set up ADP section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ADP.
In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
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.
In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure ADP SSO
In a different web browser window, sign in to your up ADP company site as an administrator
Click Federation Setup and go to Identity Provider then, select the Microsoft Azure.
In the Services Selection, select all applicable service(s) for connection, and then click Next.
In the Configure section, click on the Next.
In the Upload Metadata, click Browse to upload the metadata XML file which you have downloaded and click UPLOAD.
Configure your ADP service(s) for federated access
Important
Your employees who require federated access to your ADP services must be assigned to the ADP service app and subsequently, users must be reassigned to the specific ADP service.
Upon receipt of confirmation from your ADP representative, configure your ADP service(s) and assign/manage users to control user access to the specific ADP service.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ADP application integration page, find the Manage section and select Single sign-on.
On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select Mode as Linked to link your application to ADP.
Navigate to the Configure Sign-on URL section, perform the following steps:
Paste the User access URL, which you have copied from above properties tab (from the main ADP app).
Following are the 5 apps that support different Relay State URLs. You have to append the appropriate Relay State URL value for particular application manually to the User access URL.
Upon receipt of confirmation from your ADP representative, begin test with one or two users.
Assign few users to the ADP service App to test federated access.
Test is successful when users access the ADP service app on the gallery and can access their ADP service.
On confirmation of a successful test, assign the federated ADP service to individual users or user groups, which is explained later in the article and roll it out to your employees.
Configure ADP to support multiple instances in the same tenant
Go to Basic SAML Configuration section and enter any instance specific URL in the Identifier (Entity ID) textbox.
Note
Please note that this can be any random value which you feel relevant for your instance.
To support multiple instances in the same tenant, please follow the below steps:
Navigate to Attributes & Claims section > Advanced settings > Advanced SAML claims options and click Edit.
Enable Append application ID to issuer checkbox.
Enable Override audience claim checkbox.
In the Audience claim value textbox, enter https://fed.adp.com and click Save.
Navigate to Properties tab under Manage section and copy Application ID.
Download and open the Federation Metadata XML file and edit the entityID value by adding Application ID manually at the end.
Save the xml file and use in the ADP side.
Create ADP test user
The objective of this section is to create a user called B.Simon in ADP. Work with ADP support team to add the users in the ADP account.
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 ADP for which you set up the SSO.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the ADP tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the ADP for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
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