Configure Textline for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

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

Scenario description

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

• Textline supports IDP initiated SSO.

• Textline supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add Textline from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Textline 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 Textline.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Textline, 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 Textline SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Textline test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Textline 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 > Textline > 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, the application is preconfigured and the necessary URLs are already prepopulated with Azure. The user needs to save the configuration by selecting the Save button.

6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up Textline 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 Textline SSO

To configure single sign-on on Textline side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Textline support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Textline test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in Textline. Textline 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 Textline, 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, and you should be automatically signed in to the Textline for which you set up the SSO.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Textline tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Textline for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

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