Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Crises Control
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Crises Control with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Crises Control with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Crises Control.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Crises Control 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.
- Crises Control single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- Crises Control supports SP and IDP initiated SSO
Note
Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
Adding Crises Control from the gallery
To configure the integration of Crises Control into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Crises Control from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Crises Control in the search box.
- Select Crises Control 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, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Crises Control
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Crises Control 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 Crises Control.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Crises Control, perform the following steps:
- Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
- Configure Crises Control SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Crises Control test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Crises Control that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
- Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Configure Microsoft Entra SSO
Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Crises Control > 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 edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:
In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<SUBDOMAIN>.crises-control.com/ssologin/index.php
Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:
In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<SUBDOMAIN>.crises-control.com/ssologin/index.php
Note
These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Reply URL and Sign-On URL. Contact Crises Control Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
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 Crises Control 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.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
- Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
- In the User properties, follow these steps:
- In the Display name field, enter
B.Simon
. - In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example,
B.Simon@contoso.com
. - Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
- Select Review + create.
- In the Display name field, enter
- Select Create.
Assign the Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Crises Control.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Crises Control.
- 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 Crises Control SSO
To configure single sign-on on Crises Control side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Crises Control support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Crises Control test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Crises Control. Work with Crises Control support team to add the users in the Crises Control 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.
SP initiated:
Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Crises Control Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Crises Control Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
IDP initiated:
- Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Crises Control for which you set up the SSO
You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Crises Control tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the Crises Control for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
Next steps
Once you configure Crises Control 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 Defender for Cloud Apps.