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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Timetabling Solutions

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Timetabling Solutions.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Timetabling Solutions 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.
  • Timetabling Solutions single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • Timetabling Solutions 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 Timetabling Solutions into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Timetabling Solutions 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 Timetabling Solutions in the search box.
  4. Select Timetabling Solutions from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Timetabling Solutions

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Timetabling Solutions 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 Timetabling Solutions.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Timetabling Solutions, 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 Timetabling Solutions SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Timetabling Solutions test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Timetabling Solutions 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 > Timetabling Solutions > 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, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type the URL: https://auth.timetabling.education

    b. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) text box, type the URL: https://auth.timetabling.education

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://auth.timetabling.education

  6. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Screenshot shows to edit SAML Signing Certificate.

  7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows to copy thumbprint value.

  8. On the Set up Timetabling Solutions section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 Timetabling Solutions.

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

In this section, you'll populate the relevant SSO values in the Timetabling Solutions Administration Console.

  1. In the Administration Console, select 5 Settings, and then select the SAML SSO tab.

  2. Perform the following steps in the SAML SSO section:

    Screenshot for SSO settings.

    a. Enable SAML Integration.

    b. In the SAML Login Path textbox, paste the Login URL value, which you copied previously.

    c. In the SAML Logout Path textbox, paste the Logout URL value, which you copied previously.

    d. In the SAML Certificate Fingerprint textbox, paste the Thumbprint Value, which you copied previously.

    e. Enter the Custom Domain name.

    f. Save the settings.

Create Timetabling Solutions test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in the Timetabling Solutions Administration Console.

  1. In the Administration Console, select 1 Manage Users, and click Add.
  2. Enter the mandatory fields First Name, Family Name and Email Address. Add other appropriate values in the non-mandatory fields.
  3. Ensure Online is active in Status.
  4. Click Save and Next.

Note

To add the users in the Timetabling Solutions 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 Timetabling Solutions Sign-On URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Timetabling Solutions Sign-On URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

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

Next steps

Once you configure Timetabling Solutions 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 Cloud App Security.