Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Meta4 Global HR
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Meta4 Global HR with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Meta4 Global HR with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Meta4 Global HR.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Meta4 Global HR with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
- Manage your accounts in one central location.
Prerequisites
To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Meta4 Global HR, you need the following items:
- A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
- Meta4 Global HR single sign-on enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.
- Meta4 Global HR supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
Note
Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
Add Meta4 Global HR from the gallery
To configure the integration of Meta4 Global HR into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Meta4 Global HR 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Meta4 Global HR in the search box.
- Select Meta4 Global HR 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, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Meta4 Global HR
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Meta4 Global HR 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 Meta4 Global HR.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Meta4 Global HR, 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 Meta4 Global HR SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Meta4 Global HR test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Meta4 Global HR that is 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Meta4 Global HR > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following step:
In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<SUBDOMAIN>.meta4globalhr.com/saml.sso/SAML2/POST
Click 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>.meta4globalhr.com
Note
These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Reply URL and Sign-On URL. Contact Meta4 Global HR Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.
On the Set up Meta4 Global HR section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
- Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
- In the User properties, follow these steps:
- In the Display name field, enter
B.Simon
. - In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example,
B.Simon@contoso.com
. - Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
- Select Review + create.
- In the Display name field, enter
- Select Create.
Assign the Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Meta4 Global HR.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Meta4 Global HR.
- In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
- Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
- In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
- If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
- In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure Meta4 Global HR SSO
To configure single sign-on on Meta4 Global HR side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Meta4 Global HR support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Meta4 Global HR test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Meta4 Global HR. Work with Meta4 Global HR support team to add the users in the Meta4 Global HR 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.
SP initiated:
Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Meta4 Global HR Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Meta4 Global HR Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
IDP initiated:
- Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Meta4 Global HR for which you set up the SSO.
You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Meta4 Global HR 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 Meta4 Global HR for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
Next steps
Once you configure Meta4 Global HR 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.