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Configure BenefitHub for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate BenefitHub with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate BenefitHub with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to BenefitHub.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to BenefitHub 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.
  • BenefitHub 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 article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • BenefitHub supports IDP initiated SSO.

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 BenefitHub into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add BenefitHub 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type BenefitHub in the search box.
  4. Select BenefitHub 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for BenefitHub

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with BenefitHub 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 BenefitHub.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with BenefitHub, 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 BenefitHub SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create BenefitHub test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in BenefitHub that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > BenefitHub > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the value: urn:benefithub:passport

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://passport.benefithub.info/saml/post/ac

  6. BenefitHub application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    Screenshot shows the image of attributes.

  7. In addition to above, BenefitHub application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    organizationid < organizationid >

    Note

    This attribute value isn't real. Update this value with actual organizationid. Contact BenefitHub support team to get the actual organizationid. Before you can configure the SAML assertion, you need to contact your BenefitHub support and request the value of the unique identifier attribute for your tenant. You need this value to configure the custom claim for your application.

  8. 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.

  9. On the Set up BenefitHub section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate U R L.

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure BenefitHub SSO

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

Create BenefitHub test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in BenefitHub. Work with BenefitHub support team to add the users in the BenefitHub 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.

  • Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the BenefitHub for which you set up the SSO.

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

Related content

Once you configure BenefitHub 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.