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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Flatter Files

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Flatter Files with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating Flatter Files with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Flatter Files.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Flatter Files (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Flatter Files, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get one-month trial here
  • Flatter Files single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

  • Flatter Files supports IDP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of Flatter Files into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Flatter Files from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add Flatter Files from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.

  3. In the search box, type Flatter Files, select Flatter Files from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Flatter Files in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Flatter Files based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Flatter Files needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Flatter Files, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure Flatter Files Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  5. Create Flatter Files test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Flatter Files that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Flatter Files, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Flatter Files application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

    Flatter Files Domain and URLs single sign-on information

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

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Flatter Files section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure Flatter Files Single Sign-On

  1. Sign-on to your Flatter Files application as an administrator.

  2. Click DASHBOARD.

    Screenshot that shows "DASHBOARD" selected in the "Flatter Files" app.

  3. Click Settings, and then perform the following steps on the Company tab:

    Screenshot that shows the "Company" tab with "Use S A M L 2.0 for Authentication" checked and the "Configure S A M L" button selected.

    1. Select Use SAML 2.0 for Authentication.

    2. Click Configure SAML.

  4. On the SAML Configuration dialog, perform the following steps:

    Configure Single Sign-On

    a. In the Domain textbox, type your registered domain.

    Note

    If you don't have a registered domain yet, contact your Flatter Files support team via support@flatterfiles.com.

    b. In Identity Provider URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL which you have copied form Azure portal.

    c. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Identity Provider Certificate textbox.

    d. Click Update.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Flatter Files.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Flatter Files.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Flatter Files.

    The Flatter Files link in the Applications list

  4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

  5. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. 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.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Create Flatter Files test user

The objective of this section is to create a user called Britta Simon in Flatter Files.

To create a user called Britta Simon in Flatter Files, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign on to your Flatter Files company site as administrator.

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Settings, and then click the Users tab.

    Screenshot that shows the "Settings" page with the "Users" tab selected.

  3. Click Add User.

  4. On the Add User dialog, perform the following steps:

    Create a Flatter Files User

    a. In the First Name textbox, type Britta.

    b. In the Last Name textbox, type Simon.

    c. In the Email Address textbox, type Britta's email address.

    d. Click Submit.

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the Flatter Files tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Flatter Files for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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