Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with Korn Ferry 360
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Korn Ferry 360 with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Korn Ferry 360 with Azure AD, you can:
- Control in Azure AD who has access to Korn Ferry 360.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Korn Ferry 360 with their Azure AD accounts.
- Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.
Prerequisites
To get started, you need the following items:
- An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
- Korn Ferry 360 single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.
- Korn Ferry 360 supports SP initiated SSO.
Add Korn Ferry 360 from the gallery
To configure the integration of Korn Ferry 360 into Azure AD, you need to add Korn Ferry 360 from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
- Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
- On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
- Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
- To add new application, select New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Korn Ferry 360 in the search box.
- Select Korn Ferry 360 from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.
Configure and test Azure AD SSO for Korn Ferry 360
Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Korn Ferry 360 using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Korn Ferry 360.
To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Korn Ferry 360, perform the following steps:
- Configure Azure AD SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
- Configure Korn Ferry 360 SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Korn Ferry 360 test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Korn Ferry 360 that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
- Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Configure Azure AD SSO
Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.
In the Azure portal, on the Korn Ferry 360 application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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 text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<customidentifier>.kornferry.com/b. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://surveys.kornferry.com/<customidentifier>Note
These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign-on URL. Contact Korn Ferry 360 Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

On the Set up Korn Ferry 360 section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

Create an Azure AD test user
In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.
- From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
- Select New user at the top of the screen.
- In the User properties, follow these steps:
- In the Name field, enter
B.Simon. - In the User 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.
- Click Create.
- In the Name field, enter
Assign the Azure AD test user
In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Korn Ferry 360.
- In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
- In the applications list, select Korn Ferry 360.
- In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
- Select Add user, 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'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.
- In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure Korn Ferry 360 SSO
To configure single sign-on on Korn Ferry 360 side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from Azure portal to Korn Ferry 360 support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Korn Ferry 360 test user
In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in Korn Ferry 360. Work with Korn Ferry 360 support team to add the users in the Korn Ferry 360 platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.
Test SSO
In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration with following options.
Click on Test this application in Azure portal. This will redirect to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Korn Ferry 360 tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Korn Ferry 360 Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
Next steps
Once you configure Korn Ferry 360 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.
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