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Tutorial: Integrate Aha! with Microsoft Entra ID

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Aha!.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Aha! 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.
  • Aha! 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.

  • Aha! supports SP initiated SSO
  • Aha! supports Just In Time user provisioning

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Aha! 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 Aha!.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Aha!, 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 Aha! SSO - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
    1. Create Aha! test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Aha! 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 > Aha! 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:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.aha.io/session/new

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.aha.io

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Aha! 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 Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up Aha! 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 Aha!.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Aha!.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. 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.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Aha! SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Aha! company site as an administrator

  2. In the menu on the top, click Settings.

    Settings

  3. Click Account.

    Profile

  4. Click Security and single sign-on.

    Screenshot that highlights the Security and single sign-on menu option.

  5. In Single Sign-On section, as Identity Provider, select SAML2.0.

    Security and single sign-on

  6. On the Single Sign-On configuration page, perform the following steps:

    Single Sign-On

    a. In the Name textbox, type a name for your configuration.

    b. For Configure using, select Metadata File.

    c. To upload your downloaded metadata file, click Browse.

    d. Click Update.

Create Aha! test user

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

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Aha! 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.