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Tutorial: Azure Active Directory single sign-on (SSO) integration with VeraSMART

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate VeraSMART with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate VeraSMART with Azure AD, you can:

  • Control in Azure AD who has access to VeraSMART.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to VeraSMART with their Azure AD accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

To learn more about SaaS app integration with Azure AD, see What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory.

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.
  • VeraSMART single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

  • VeraSMART supports SP and IDP initiated SSO
  • VeraSMART supports Just In Time user provisioning
  • Once you configure VeraSMART 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.

To configure the integration of VeraSMART into Azure AD, you need to add VeraSMART from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
  3. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
  4. To add new application, select New application.
  5. In the Add from the gallery section, type VeraSMART in the search box.
  6. Select VeraSMART 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 VeraSMART

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with VeraSMART 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 VeraSMART.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with VeraSMART, complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Azure AD SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  2. Configure VeraSMART SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create VeraSMART test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in VeraSMART that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD SSO

Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.

  1. In the Azure portal, on the VeraSMART application integration page, find the Manage section and select single sign-on.

  2. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  3. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  4. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.calero.com/<DOMAIN_NAME>/VeraSMART

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.calero.com/<DOMAIN_NAME>/VeraSMART/Saml2/Acs

  5. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.calero.com/<DOMAIN_NAME>/VeraSMART/SSO

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Contact VeraSMART 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.

  6. 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 an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.

  1. From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.
  3. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User 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. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to VeraSMART.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.

  2. In the applications list, select VeraSMART.

  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.

    The "Users and groups" link

  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    The Add User link

  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 VeraSMART SSO

  1. Log in to the VeraSMART as an administrator.

  2. Go to the Administration -> Security -> Authentication Configuration.

    Screenshot shows VeraSMART with Administration, then Security, then Authentication Configuration selected.

  3. Perform the following steps in the following page:

    Configuration

    a. Select SAML2 as Single sign-on method from the dropdown.

    b. In the Metadata location textbox, enter the metadata file URL.

    c. Click on Process IDP metadata.

    Note

    Alternatively you can also upload the Metadata file by clicking on the Choose File option.

    d. Select the Entity ID value from the Entity ID dropdown.

    e. Click on Save.

Create VeraSMART test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in VeraSMART. VeraSMART 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 VeraSMART, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the VeraSMART tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the VeraSMART for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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