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In this article, you learn how to integrate IWT Procurement Suite with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate IWT Procurement Suite with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to IWT Procurement Suite.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to IWT Procurement Suite 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:
- IWT Procurement Suite single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- IWT Procurement Suite supports IDP initiated SSO.
Add IWT Procurement Suite from the gallery
To configure the integration of IWT Procurement Suite into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add IWT Procurement Suite 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 IWT Procurement Suite in the search box.
- Select IWT Procurement Suite 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 IWT Procurement Suite
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with IWT Procurement Suite 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 IWT Procurement Suite.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with IWT Procurement Suite, perform the following steps:
- Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
- Configure IWT Procurement Suite SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create IWT Procurement Suite test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in IWT Procurement Suite 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 > IWT Procurement Suite > 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 Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:
a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://[customersubdomain].ionwave.net/sso/[customerid]b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://[customersubdomain].ionwave.net/sso/[customerid]Note
These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact IWT Procurement Suite Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
IWT Procurement Suite application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes, whereas Emailaddress is mapped with user.mail. IWT Procurement Suite application expects Emailaddress to be mapped with user.userprincipalname, so you need to edit the attribute mapping by selecting Edit icon and change the attribute mapping.
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.
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 IWT Procurement Suite SSO
To configure single sign-on on IWT Procurement Suite side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to IWT Procurement Suite support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create IWT Procurement Suite test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in IWT Procurement Suite. Work with IWT Procurement Suite support team to add the users in the IWT Procurement Suite 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 with following options.
Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the IWT Procurement Suite for which you set up the SSO.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the IWT Procurement Suite tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the IWT Procurement Suite for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
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