Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ClickTime

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to ClickTime.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to ClickTime 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.

• ClickTime single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

• ClickTime 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 ClickTime from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ClickTime 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 ClickTime.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ClickTime, 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 ClickTime SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create ClickTime test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ClickTime 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 > ClickTime > 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 Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Identifier text box, type the URL: https://app.clicktime.com/sp/

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type one of the following URLs:

   Reply URL
   https://app.clicktime.com/Login/
   https://app.clicktime.com/App/Login/Consume.aspx

6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up ClickTime section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per 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 ClickTime SSO

1. In a different web browser window, log into your ClickTime company site as an administrator.

2. In the toolbar on the top, select Preferences, and then select Security Settings.

3. In the Single Sign-On Preferences configuration section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Select Allow sign-in using Single Sign-On (SSO) with Microsoft Entra ID.

   b. In the Identity Provider Endpoint textbox, paste Login URL..

   c. Open the base-64 encoded certificate downloaded from Azure portal in Notepad, copy the content, and then paste it into the X.509 Certificate textbox.

   d. Select Save.

Create ClickTime test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log into ClickTime, they must be provisioned into ClickTime.
In the case of ClickTime, provisioning is a manual task.

Note

You can use any other ClickTime user account creation tools or APIs provided by ClickTime to provision Microsoft Entra user accounts.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to your ClickTime tenant.

2. In the toolbar on the top, select Company, and then select People.

   

3. Select Add Person.

   

4. In the New Person section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. In the full name textbox, type full name of user like Britta Simon.

   b. In the email address textbox, type the email of user like brittasimon@contoso.com.

   Note

   If you want to, you can set additional properties of the new person object.

   c. Select Save.

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 ClickTime for which you set up the SSO.

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

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