Configure dmarcian for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

2025-03-25

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

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

dmarcian single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

dmarcian supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

Add dmarcian from the gallery

To configure the integration of dmarcian into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add dmarcian 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
In the Add from the gallery section, type dmarcian in the search box.
Select dmarcian 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 dmarcian

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with dmarcian 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 dmarcian.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with dmarcian, perform the following steps:

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.
Configure dmarcian SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
1. Create dmarcian test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in dmarcian that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > dmarcian application integration page, find the Manage section and select Single sign-on.
On the Select a Single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, select the pencil 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, perform the following steps:
1. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
  
  Identifier
  
  https://us.dmarcian.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml
  
  https://dmarcian-eu.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml
  
  https://dmarcian-ap.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml
2. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
  
  Reply URL
  
  https://us.dmarcian.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/
  
  https://dmarcian-eu.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/
  
  https://dmarcian-ap.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/
Select 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:

Sign-on URL

https://us.dmarcian.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>

https://dmarcian-eu.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>

https://dmarciam-ap.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>

Note

These values aren't real. You update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-On URL which is explained later in the article.
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.

Identifier
`https://us.dmarcian.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml`
`https://dmarcian-eu.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml`
`https://dmarcian-ap.com/sso/saml/<ACCOUNT_ID>/sp.xml`

Reply URL
`https://us.dmarcian.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/`
`https://dmarcian-eu.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/`
`https://dmarcian-ap.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>/handle/`

Sign-on URL
`https://us.dmarcian.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>`
`https://dmarcian-eu.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>`
`https://dmarciam-ap.com/login/<ACCOUNT_ID>`

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 dmarcian SSO

In a different web browser window, sign in to your dmarcian company site as an administrator
Select Profile on the top-right corner and navigate to Preferences.
Scroll down and select Single Sign-On section, then select Configure.
On the SAML Single Sign-On page set the Status as Enabled and perform the following steps:
1. Under Add dmarcian to your Identity Provider section, select COPY to copy the Assertion Consumer Service URL for your instance and paste it in Reply URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
2. Under Add dmarcian to your Identity Provider section, select COPY to copy the Entity ID for your instance and paste it in Identifier textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
3. Under Set up Authentication section, in the Identity Provider Metadata textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url.
4. Under Set up Authentication section, in the Attribute Statements textbox, paste this URL:
  
  http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress
5. Under Set up Login URL section, copy the Login URL for your instance and paste it in Sign-on URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
  
  Note
  
  You can modify the Login URL according to your organization.
6. Select Save.

Create dmarcian test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to dmarcian, they must be provisioned into dmarcian. In dmarcian, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

Sign in to dmarcian as a Security Administrator.
Select Profile on the top right-corner and navigate to Manage Users.
On the right side of SSO Users section, select Add New User.
In the Add New User pop-up, perform the following steps:
1. In the New User Email textbox, enter the email of the user, such as brittasimon@contoso.com.
2. If you want to give admin rights to the user, select Make User an Admin.
3. Select Add User.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

Select Test this application, this option redirects to dmarcian Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to dmarcian Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

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

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you select the dmarcian 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 dmarcian for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Once you configure dmarcian 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.