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Tutorial: Integrate Hype with Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Hype supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Hype supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Hype 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 Hype.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Hype, 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 Hype SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Hype test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Hype 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 > Hype application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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:

    1. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern:

      https://<SUBDOMAIN>.hypeinnovation.com

    2. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:

      https://<SUBDOMAIN>.hypeinnovation.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. Contact Hype Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Hype section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 Hype.

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

To configure single sign-on on Hype side, you need to send the downloaded Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Hype support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Hype test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Hype. Hype 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 Hype, 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 Hype Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Hype 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.