Configure Check Point Harmony Connect for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate Check Point Harmony Connect with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Check Point Harmony Connect with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Check Point Harmony Connect.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Check Point Harmony Connect 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.

• Check Point Harmony Connect single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Check Point Harmony Connect supports SP initiated SSO.

Note

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

Adding Check Point Harmony Connect from the gallery

To configure the integration of Check Point Harmony Connect into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Check Point Harmony Connect 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 Check Point Harmony Connect in the search box.
4. Select Check Point Harmony Connect 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 Check Point Harmony Connect

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Check Point Harmony Connect 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 Check Point Harmony Connect.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Check Point Harmony Connect, 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 Check Point Harmony Connect SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Check Point Harmony Connect test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Check Point Harmony Connect 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 > Check Point Harmony Connect > 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, enter the values for the following fields:

   In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://cloudinfra-gw.portal.checkpoint.com/api/saml/sso

6. Check Point Harmony Connect 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.

   

7. In addition to above, Check Point Harmony Connect 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
   groups	user.groups

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.

   

9. On the Set up Check Point Harmony Connect section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

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 Check Point Harmony Connect SSO

1. Log in to your Check Point Harmony Connect website as an administrator.

2. Select SETTINGS, then go to the Identity Provider and select CONNECT NOW.

   

3. Select Microsoft Entra ID as your identity provider and select NEXT.

4. On the Verify Domain page, enter your organization domain and enter this generated DNS record to your DNS server as TXT record, select NEXT.

   

5. In the Allow Connectivity page, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Copy ENTITY ID value, paste this value into the Identifier text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

   b. Copy REPLY URL value, paste this value into the Reply URL text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

   c. Select NEXT.

6. In the Configure Metadata page, upload the Federation Metadata XML that you downloaded from your Azure portal.

7. In the CONFIRM IDENTITY PROVIDER page, select Add to complete the configuration.

Create Check Point Harmony Connect test user

1. Log in to your Check Point Harmony Connect website as an administrator.

2. Go to the Policy > Access Control and create a new rule and select (+) to add New User.

   

3. In the ADD USER window, enter the Name and User Name in their respective text boxes and select ADD.

   

Test SSO

To test the Check Point Harmony Connect, go to their Authentication service and authenticate using test account which you have created in the Create a Microsoft Entra test user section.

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