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In this article, you learn how to integrate Mapiq Essentials with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Mapiq Essentials with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Mapiq Essentials.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Mapiq Essentials 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:
- Mapiq Essentials single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- Mapiq Essentials supports SP initiated SSO.
Add Mapiq Essentials from the gallery
To configure the integration of Mapiq Essentials into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Mapiq Essentials 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 Mapiq Essentials in the search box.
- Select Mapiq Essentials 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 Mapiq Essentials
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Mapiq Essentials 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 Mapiq Essentials.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Mapiq Essentials, 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 Mapiq Essentials SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Mapiq Essentials test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Mapiq Essentials 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 > Mapiq Essentials > 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 Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:
a. In the Identifier box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<customername>.mapiq.netb. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<customername>.mapiq.net/federation/saml/acsc. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<customername>.mapiq.netNote
These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Mapiq Essentials Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
SURFsecureID - Azure MFA 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.
In addition to above, SURFsecureID - Azure MFA application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.
Name Source Attribute name user.displayname 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 Mapiq Essentials SSO
To configure single sign-on on Mapiq Essentials side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to Mapiq Essentials support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Mapiq Essentials test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Mapiq Essentials. Work with Mapiq Essentials support team to add the users in the Mapiq Essentials 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, this option redirects to Mapiq Essentials Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Mapiq Essentials Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Mapiq Essentials tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to Mapiq Essentials Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.
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