Configure MemoMeister for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

2025-03-25

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

Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to MemoMeister.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to MemoMeister 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:

MemoMeister single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

MemoMeister supports only SP initiated SSO.

Add MemoMeister from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with MemoMeister 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 MemoMeister.

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

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. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
Configure MemoMeister SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
1. Create MemoMeister test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in MemoMeister that's linked to the Microsoft Entra ID representation of user.
Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > MemoMeister > 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 (Entity ID) text box, type a URL: urn:amazon:cognito:sp:eu-central-1_<ID>

b. In the Reply URL textbox, type the URL: https://memomeister-production.auth.eu-central-1.amazoncognito.com/saml2/idpresponse

c. In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://web.memomeister.com/login

Note

The Identifier value isn't real. Update the value with the actual Identifier. Contact MemoMeister support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
MemoMeister 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, MemoMeister 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
address_city	user.city
address_country	user.country
mobile_phone	user.mobilephone
telephone_number	user.telephonenumber
address_streetaddress	user.streetaddress
preferred_language	user.preferredlanguage
address_postalcode	user.postalcode
company_name	user.companyname
groups	user.groups

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 MemoMeister SSO

To configure single sign-on on MemoMeister side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to MemoMeister support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create MemoMeister test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in MemoMeister. Work with MemoMeister support team to add the users in the MemoMeister 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 in Microsoft Entra admin center. This option redirects to MemoMeister Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to MemoMeister Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the MemoMeister tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to MemoMeister Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Once you configure MemoMeister you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization's sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.