Configure InVision for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to InVision.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to InVision 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:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• InVision single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• InVision supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
• InVision supports Automated user provisioning.

Adding InVision from the gallery

To configure the integration of InVision into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add InVision 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 InVision in the search box.
4. Select InVision 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 InVision

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with InVision 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 InVision.

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

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

   

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://<SUBDOMAIN>.invisionapp.com

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

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>.invisionapp.com

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact InVision 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.

   

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

   

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 InVision SSO

1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your InVision company site as an administrator

2. Select Team and select Settings.

   

3. Scroll down to Single sign-on and then select Change.

   

4. On the Single sign-on page, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Change Require SSO for every member of < account name > to On.

   b. In the name textbox, enter the name for example like azureadsso.

   c. Enter the Sign-on URL value in the Sign-in URL textbox.

   d. In the Sign-out URL textbox, paste the Log out URL value, which you copied previously.

   e. In the SAML Certificate textbox, open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad, copy the content and paste it into SAML Certificate textbox.

   f. In the Name ID Format textbox, use urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:Unspecified for the Name ID Format.

   g. Select SHA-256 from the dropdown for the HASH Algorithm.

   h. Enter appropriate name for the SSO Button Label.

   i. Make Allow Just-in-Time provisioning On.

   j. Select Update.

Create InVision test user

1. In a different web browser window, sign into InVision site as an administrator.

2. Select Team and select People.

   

3. Select the + ICON to add new user.

   

4. Enter the email address of the user and select Next.

   

5. Once verify the email address and then select Invite.

   

Note

InVision also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

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 InVision Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to InVision 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 InVision 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 InVision 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 InVision for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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