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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Datava Enterprise Service Platform

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Datava Enterprise Service Platform with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Datava Enterprise Service Platform with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Datava Enterprise Service Platform.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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.
  • Datava Enterprise Service Platform single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Note

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

  • Datava Enterprise Service Platform supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform in the search box.
  4. Select Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Datava Enterprise Service Platform, 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Datava Enterprise Service Platform test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 > Datava Enterprise Service Platform > 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, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier textbox, enter this value: https://samlsp.datava.com

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type the URL: https://go.datava.com/saml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/<TENANT_NAME>-sp

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://go.datava.com/<TENANT_NAME>

    Note

    Contact Datava Enterprise Service Platform Client support team to get the TENANT_NAME value.

  6. 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Datava Enterprise Service Platform.
  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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform SSO

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

Create Datava Enterprise Service Platform test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Datava Enterprise Service Platform. Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform, a new one is created after authentication.

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 Datava Enterprise Service Platform Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Datava Enterprise Service Platform Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

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

Next steps

Once you configure Datava Enterprise Service Platform 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 Cloud App Security.