Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Yello Enterprise
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Yello Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Yello Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Yello Enterprise.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Yello Enterprise 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.
- Yello Enterprise single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- Yello Enterprise supports IDP initiated SSO
Adding Yello Enterprise from the gallery
To configure the integration of Yello Enterprise into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Yello Enterprise from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Yello Enterprise in the search box.
- Select Yello Enterprise 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 Yello Enterprise
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Yello Enterprise 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 Yello Enterprise.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Yello Enterprise, perform the following steps:
- Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
- Configure Yello Enterprise SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Yello Enterprise test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Yello Enterprise that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
- Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Configure Microsoft Entra SSO
Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Yello Enterprise > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields:
In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://www.yello.co/<IDP_NAME>
Note
This value is not real. Update the value with the actual Identifier. Contact Yello Enterprise Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
Yello Enterprise application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.
In addition to above, Yello Enterprise application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response, which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.
Name Source Attribute Employee ID user.employeeid 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.
On the Set up Yello Enterprise section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
- Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
- In the User properties, follow these steps:
- In the Display name field, enter
B.Simon
. - In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example,
B.Simon@contoso.com
. - Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
- Select Review + create.
- In the Display name field, enter
- 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 Yello Enterprise.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Yello Enterprise.
- In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
- Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
- In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
- 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.
- In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure Yello Enterprise SSO
To configure single sign-on on Yello Enterprise side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Yello Enterprise support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Yello Enterprise test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Yello Enterprise. Work with Yello Enterprise support team to add the users in the Yello Enterprise platform. 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.
Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Yello Enterprise for which you set up the SSO
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Yello Enterprise tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Yello Enterprise 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 Yello Enterprise 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.