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:
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:
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 are not real. You will update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-On URL which is explained later in the tutorial.
On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > dmarcian.
In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
Select Add user, 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're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure dmarcian SSO
In a different web browser window, sign in to your dmarcian company site as an administrator
Click on Profile on the top-right corner and navigate to Preferences.
Scroll down and click on Single Sign-On section, then click on Configure.
On the SAML Single Sign-On page set the Status as Enabled and perform the following steps:
Under Add dmarcian to your Identity Provider section, click 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.
Under Add dmarcian to your Identity Provider section, click COPY to copy the Entity ID for your instance and paste it in Identifier textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
Under Set up Authentication section, in the Identity Provider Metadata textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url.
Under Set up Authentication section, in the Attribute Statements textbox, paste this URL:
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.
Click 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.
Click on Profile on the top right-corner and navigate to Manage Users.
On the right side of SSO Users section, click on Add New User.
In the Add New User pop-up, perform the following steps:
In the New User Email textbox, enter the email of the user, such as brittasimon@contoso.com.
If you want to give admin rights to the user, select Make User an Admin.
Click Add User.
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 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:
Click on 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 click 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.
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