Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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.
  • Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO, 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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 > Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO > 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.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

    a. If you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    b. Click Set additional URLs.

    c. In the Sign-on URL textbox, type the URL: https://login.umbrella.com/sso

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate U R L.

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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO.

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

  1. In a different browser window, sign-on to your Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO company site as administrator.

  2. From the left side of menu, click Admin and navigate to Authentication and then click on SAML.

    Screenshot shows the Admin menu window.

  3. Choose Other and click on NEXT.

    Screenshot shows the Other menu window.

  4. On the Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO Metadata, page, click NEXT.

    Screenshot shows the metadata file page.

  5. On the Upload Metadata tab, if you had pre-configured SAML, select Click here to change them option and follow the below steps.

    Screenshot shows the Next Folder window.

  6. In the Option A: Upload XML file, upload the Federation Metadata XML file that you downloaded and after uploading metadata the below values get auto populated automatically then click NEXT.

    Screenshot shows the choosefile from folder.

  7. Under Validate SAML Configuration section, click TEST YOUR SAML CONFIGURATION.

    Screenshot shows the Test SAML Configuration.

  8. Click SAVE.

Create Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to log in to Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO, they must be provisioned into Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO.
In the case of Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. In a different browser window, sign-on to your Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO company site as administrator.

  2. From the left side of menu, click Admin and navigate to Accounts.

    Screenshot shows the Account of Cisco Umbrella Admin.

  3. On the Accounts page, click on Add on the top right side of the page and perform the following steps.

    Screenshot shows the User of Accounts.

    a. In the First Name field, enter the firstname like Britta.

    b. In the Last Name field, enter the lastname like simon.

    c. From the Choose Delegated Admin Role, select your role.

    d. In the Email Address field, enter the emailaddress of user like brittasimon@contoso.com.

    e. In the Password field, enter your password.

    f. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter your password.

    g. Click CREATE.

Test SSO

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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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 Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Cisco Umbrella Admin SSO 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.