Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Novatus
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Novatus 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 Novatus.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Novatus, perform the following steps:
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Novatus > 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, perform the following steps:
In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://sso.novatuscontracts.com/<companyname>
Note
The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Novatus Client support team to get the value. 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 Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.
On the Set up Novatus 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.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Novatus.
In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
Select Add user, 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 Novatus SSO
To configure single sign-on on Novatus side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Novatus support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Novatus test user
In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Novatus. Novatus supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Novatus, a new one is created after authentication.
Note
If you need to create a user manually, you need to contact the Novatus support team.
Test SSO
In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.
Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Novatus Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Novatus Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Novatus tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Novatus Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
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