Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ArcGIS Enterprise
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In this article, you'll learn how to integrate ArcGIS Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate ArcGIS Enterprise with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to ArcGIS Enterprise.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to ArcGIS 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.
ArcGIS Enterprise single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
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This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.
ArcGIS Enterprise supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
ArcGIS Enterprise supports Just In Time user provisioning.
Add ArcGIS Enterprise from the gallery
To configure the integration of ArcGIS Enterprise into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add ArcGIS Enterprise from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for ArcGIS Enterprise
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS Enterprise.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ArcGIS Enterprise, perform the following steps:
Create ArcGIS Enterprise test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ArcGIS Enterprise that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ArcGIS 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 pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps, if you wish to configure the application in IDP Initiated mode:
a. In the Identifier text box, type a value using the following pattern:
<EXTERNAL_DNS_NAME>.portal
b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<EXTERNAL_DNS_NAME>/portal/sharing/rest/oauth2/saml/signin
c. 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 a URL using the following pattern:
https://<EXTERNAL_DNS_NAME>/portal/sharing/rest/oauth2/saml/signin
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These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact ArcGIS Enterprise Client support team to get these values. You will get the Identifier value from Set Identity Provider section, which is explained later in this article.
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.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
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 ArcGIS Enterprise SSO
In a different web browser window, sign in to your ArcGIS Enterprise company site as an administrator
Select Organization > Edit Settings.
Select Security tab.
Scroll down to the Enterprise Logins via SAML section and select SET ENTERPRISE LOGIN.
On the Set Identity Provider section, perform the following steps:
a. Kindly provide a name like Microsoft Entra ID Test in the Name textbox.
b. In the URL textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url value which you copied previously.
c. Click Show advanced settings and copy the Entity ID value and paste it into the Identifier textbox in the ArcGIS Enterprise Domain and URLs section in Azure portal.
d. Click UPDATE IDENTITY PROVIDER.
Create ArcGIS Enterprise test user
In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in ArcGIS Enterprise. ArcGIS Enterprise supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in ArcGIS Enterprise, a new one is created after authentication.
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 ArcGIS Enterprise Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to ArcGIS Enterprise 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 ArcGIS Enterprise 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 ArcGIS Enterprise 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 ArcGIS Enterprise for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
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