Configure TigerConnect Secure Messenger for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

• A TigerConnect Secure Messenger subscription with single sign-on enabled.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment and integrate TigerConnect Secure Messenger with Microsoft Entra ID.

• TigerConnect Secure Messenger supports SP initiated SSO.

Add TigerConnect Secure Messenger from the gallery

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

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger based on a test user named Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, you must establish a link between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in TigerConnect Secure Messenger.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger, you need to 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 Britta Simon.
   2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
2. Configure TigerConnect Secure Messenger SSO to configure the single sign-on settings on the application side.
   1. Create a TigerConnect Secure Messenger test user so that there's a user named Britta Simon in TigerConnect Secure Messenger who's linked to the Microsoft Entra user named Britta Simon.
3. Test SSO to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger, take the following steps:

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

2. Browse to Entra ID > Enterprise apps > TigerConnect Secure Messenger > 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. In the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

   1. In the Sign on URL box, type the URL:

      https://home.tigertext.com

   2. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, type a URL by using the following pattern:

      https://saml-lb.tigertext.me/v1/organization/<INSTANCE_ID>

   Note

   The Identifier (Entity ID) value isn't real. Update this value with the actual identifier. To get the value, contact the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration pane.

6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML pane, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options and save it on your computer.

   

7. In the Set up TigerConnect Secure Messenger 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 TigerConnect Secure Messenger SSO

To configure single sign-on on the TigerConnect Secure Messenger side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and the appropriate copied URLs to the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team. The TigerConnect Secure Messenger team will make sure the SAML SSO connection is set properly on both sides.

Create a TigerConnect Secure Messenger test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in TigerConnect Secure Messenger. Work with the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team to add Britta Simon as a user in TigerConnect Secure Messenger. 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.

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to TigerConnect Secure Messenger Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

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