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Configure Recognize for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

  • Recognize single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Recognize supports SP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Recognize into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Recognize from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Recognize in the search box.
  4. Select Recognize 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 Recognize

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Recognize 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 Recognize.

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

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

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > Recognize > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you have Service Provider metadata file, perform the following steps:

    Note

    You get the Service Provider metadata file from the Configure Recognize Single Sign-On section of the article.

    a. Select Upload metadata file.

    Upload metadata file

    b. Select folder logo to select the metadata file and select Upload.

    choose metadata file

    c. After the metadata file is successfully uploaded, the Identifier value get auto populated in Basic SAML Configuration section.

    In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://recognizeapp.com/<YOUR_DOMAIN>/saml/sso

    Note

    If the Identifier value don't get auto populated, you get the Identifier value by opening the Service Provider Metadata URL from the SSO Settings section that's explained later in the Configure Recognize Single Sign-On section of the article. The Sign-on URL value isn't real. Update the value with the actual Sign-on URL. Contact Recognize Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Recognize section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 Recognize SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Recognize tenant as an administrator.

  2. On the upper right corner, select Menu. Go to Company Admin.

    Screenshot shows Company Admin selected from the Settings menu.

  3. On the left navigation pane, select Settings.

    Screenshot shows Settings selected from the navigation page.

  4. Perform the following steps on SSO Settings section.

    Screenshot shows S S O Settings where you can enter the values described.

    a. As Enable SSO, select ON.

    b. In the IDP Entity ID textbox, paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier..

    c. In the Sso target url textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

    d. In the Slo target url textbox, paste the value of Logout URL..

    e. Open your downloaded Certificate (Base64) file in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Certificate textbox.

    f. Select the Save settings button.

  5. Beside the SSO Settings section, copy the URL under Service Provider Metadata url.

    Screenshot shows Notes, where you can copy the Service Provider Metadata.

  6. Open the Metadata URL link under a blank browser to download the metadata document. Then copy the EntityDescriptor value(entityID) from the file and paste it in Identifier textbox in Basic SAML Configuration on Azure portal.

    Screenshot shows a text box with plain text X M L where you can get the entity I D.

Create Recognize test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log into Recognize, they must be provisioned into Recognize. In the case of Recognize, provisioning is a manual task.

This app doesn't support SCIM provisioning but has an alternate user sync that provisions users.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign into your Recognize company site as an administrator.

  2. On the upper right corner, select Menu. Go to Company Admin.

  3. On the left navigation pane, select Settings.

  4. Perform the following steps on User Sync section.

    New User

    a. As Sync Enabled, select ON.

    b. As Choose sync provider, select Microsoft / Office 365.

    c. Select Run User Sync.

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 Recognize Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Recognize Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Recognize tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to Recognize Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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