Configure Buttonwood Central SSO for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Buttonwood Central SSO.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Buttonwood Central SSO with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

• A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
• One of the following roles:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• Buttonwood Central SSO single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Buttonwood Central SSO supports SP initiated SSO.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

Add Buttonwood Central SSO from the gallery

To configure the integration of Buttonwood Central SSO into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Buttonwood Central SSO 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 Buttonwood Central SSO in the search box.
4. Select Buttonwood Central SSO 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 Buttonwood Central SSO

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Buttonwood Central SSO 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 Buttonwood Central SSO.

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

   

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

   a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type the URL: http://adfs.bcx.buttonwood.net/adfs/services/trust

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://adfs.bcx.buttonwood.net/adfs/ls/

   c. In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://exchange.bcx.buttonwood.net/User/FederatedLogin

6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, select copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

   

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 Buttonwood Central SSO

To configure single sign-on on Buttonwood Central SSO side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to Buttonwood Central SSO support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Buttonwood Central SSO test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Buttonwood Central SSO. Work with Buttonwood Central SSO support team to add the users in the Buttonwood Central SSO 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, this option redirects to Buttonwood Central SSO Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to Buttonwood Central SSO Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Buttonwood Central SSO tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to Buttonwood Central SSO Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

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