Microsoft Entra SSO integration with SquaREcruit
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate SquaREcruit with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate SquaREcruit with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to SquaREcruit.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to SquaREcruit with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
- Manage your accounts in one central location.
Prerequisites
To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with SquaREcruit, you need:
- A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
- SquaREcruit single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- SquaREcruit supports only SP initiated SSO.
- SquaREcruit supports Just In Time user provisioning.
Add SquaREcruit from the gallery
To configure the integration of SquaREcruit into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SquaREcruit 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 SquaREcruit in the search box.
- Select SquaREcruit 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for SquaREcruit
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SquaREcruit 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 SquaREcruit.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SquaREcruit, perform the following steps:
- Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Microsoft Entra ID test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
- Configure SquaREcruit SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create SquaREcruit test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in SquaREcruit that is linked to the Microsoft Entra ID representation of user.
- Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Configure Microsoft Entra SSO
Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > SquaREcruit > 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:
a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a value using the following pattern:
urn:amazon:cognito:sp:<SquaREcruit_ID>
b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<SUBDOMAIN>.sso.squarecruit.com/saml2/idpresponse
c. In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL:
https://dls.squarecruit.com
Note
These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact SquaREcruit support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
SquaREcruit 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, SquaREcruit 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 family_name user.surname email user.mail username user.userprincipalname 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 ID test user
In this section, you'll create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 ID test user
In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to SquaREcruit.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > SquaREcruit.
- 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 SquaREcruit SSO
To configure single sign-on on SquaREcruit side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to SquaREcruit support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create SquaREcruit test user
In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in SquaREcruit. SquaREcruit 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 SquaREcruit, 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 in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to SquaREcruit Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to SquaREcruit Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the SquaREcruit tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to SquaREcruit Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
Next steps
Once you configure SquaREcruit 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.