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Configure gr8 People for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate gr8 People with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate gr8 People with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to gr8 People.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to gr8 People with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

To learn more about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID.

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

  • gr8 People single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

To configure the integration of gr8 People into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add gr8 People 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 gr8 People in the search box.
  4. Select gr8 People 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 single sign-on for gr8 People

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with gr8 People 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 gr8 People.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with gr8 People, complete the following building blocks:

  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 gr8 People SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create gr8 People test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in gr8 People 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 > gr8 People > 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 edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://apps.gr8people.com/sso/metadata/<CUSTOMID>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.gr8people.com/sso/<CUSTOMID>

  6. 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: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.gr8people.com/sso/<CUSTOMID>

    Note

    These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact gr8 People Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up gr8 People section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 gr8 People SSO

To configure single sign-on on gr8 People side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to gr8 People support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create gr8 People test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in gr8 People. Work with gr8 People support team to add the users in the gr8 People 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 using the Access Panel.

When you select the gr8 People tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the gr8 People for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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