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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
  • TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

To configure the integration of TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard in the search box.
  4. Select TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard 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, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard 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 TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard, 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 TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard that is 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard > 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, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://sso.transperfect.com

  7. Click Save.

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. 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.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

To configure single sign-on on TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard. TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard supports just-in-time provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard, a new one is created when you attempt to access TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard for which you set up the SSO

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure TransPerfect GlobalLink Dashboard you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.