Configure Starmind for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Starmind.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Starmind 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:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

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

Scenario description

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

• Starmind supports SP initiated SSO.
• Starmind supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add Starmind from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Starmind 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 Starmind.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Starmind, 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 Starmind SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Starmind test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Starmind 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 > Starmind > 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.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.starmind.com/auth/realms/<ID>

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.starmind.com/auth/realms/<ID>/broker/saml/endpoint

   c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.starmind.com

   d. In the Logout URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.starmind.com/auth/realms/<ID>/broker/saml/endpoint

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, Sign on URL and Logout URL. Contact Starmind Client support team to get these values. 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, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Setup Starmind section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

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 Starmind SSO

To configure single sign-on on Starmind side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Starmind support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Starmind test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Starmind. Starmind supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Starmind, a new one is created after authentication.

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

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

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

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