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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with SynchroNet CLICK

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

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

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

Scenario description

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

  • SynchroNet CLICK supports SP initiated SSO.

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 SynchroNet CLICK into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SynchroNet CLICK 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 SynchroNet CLICK in the search box.
  4. Select SynchroNet CLICK 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 SynchroNet CLICK

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SynchroNet CLICK 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 SynchroNet CLICK.

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

    In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://click.synchronet.com

  6. SynchroNet CLICK 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, where as emailaddress is mapped with user.mail. SynchroNet CLICK application expects emailaddress to be mapped with user.userprincipalname, so you need to edit the attribute mapping by clicking on Edit icon and change the attribute mapping.

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  7. 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 SynchroNet CLICK.

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

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

Create SynchroNet CLICK test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in SynchroNet CLICK. Work with SynchroNet CLICK support team to add the users in the SynchroNet CLICK platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

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 SynchroNet CLICK Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure SynchroNet CLICK 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.