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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Workgrid

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Workgrid, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • Workgrid single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Workgrid 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 Workgrid.

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

    Screenshot of Edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<COMPANYCODE>.workgrid.com/console

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a value using the following pattern: urn:amazon:cognito:sp:us-east-1_<poolid>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Your Sign On URL is the same URL you use to sign in to the Workgrid console. You can find the Entity ID in the Security Section of your Workgrid console.

  6. Workgrid application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format. Configure the following claims for this application. You can manage the values of these attributes from the User Attributes section on application integration page. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit button to open User Attributes dialog.

    Screenshot of user attributes.

  7. On the Set-up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot of The Certificate download link.

  8. On the Set-up Workgrid section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Screenshot of Copy configuration U R Ls.

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 Workgrid.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Workgrid.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Workgrid SSO

To configure single sign-on on Workgrid side, you need to add the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to your Workgrid console in the Security section.

Screenshot of the Workgrid U I with the Security section called out.

Note

You will need to use the full schema URI for the Email, Name and Family Name claims when mapping the attributes in Workgrid:

Screenshot of the Workgrid U I with the Security section attribute fields.

Create Workgrid test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Workgrid. Workgrid 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 Workgrid, a new one is created when you attempt to access Workgrid.

Workgrid also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

Test SSO

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

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

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Workgrid tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Workgrid Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Workgrid 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.