Tutorial: Azure Active Directory single sign-on (SSO) integration with Zscaler B2B User Portal

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Zscaler B2B User Portal with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Zscaler B2B User Portal with Azure AD, you can:

• Control in Azure AD who has access to Zscaler B2B User Portal.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Zscaler B2B User Portal 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.
• Zscaler B2B User Portal single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Note

This integration is also available to use from Azure AD US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Azure AD 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 Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

• Zscaler B2B User Portal supports IDP initiated SSO.

• Zscaler B2B User Portal supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add Zscaler B2B User Portal from the gallery

To configure the integration of Zscaler B2B User Portal into Azure AD, you need to add Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal in the search box.
6. Select Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Zscaler B2B User Portal, perform the following steps:

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 Zscaler B2B User Portal SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Zscaler B2B User Portal test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://samlsp.private.zscaler.com/auth/metadata/<UniqueID>

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://samlsp.private.zscaler.com/auth/login?domain=EXAMPLE

   Note

   These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Contact Zscaler B2B User Portal 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.

5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

6. On the Set up Zscaler B2B User Portal 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.

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 Zscaler B2B User Portal.

1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
2. In the applications list, select Zscaler B2B User Portal.
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 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.
7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Zscaler B2B User Portal SSO

1. Open a new web browser window and sign into your Zscaler B2B User Portal company site as an administrator and perform the following steps:

2. From the left side of menu, click Administration and navigate to AUTHENTICATION section click IdP Configuration.

   

3. In the top right corner, click Add IdP Configuration.

   

4. On the Add IdP Configuration page perform the following steps:

   

   a. Click Select File to upload the downloaded Metadata file from Azure AD in the IdP Metadata File Upload field.

   b. It reads the IdP metadata from Azure AD and populates all the fields information as shown below.

   

   c. Select your domain from Domains field.

   d. Click Save.

Create Zscaler B2B User Portal test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Zscaler B2B User Portal. Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal, a new one is created after authentication.

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 and you should be automatically signed in to the Zscaler B2B User Portal for which you set up the SSO.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Zscaler B2B User Portal tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Zscaler B2B User Portal 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 Zscaler B2B User Portal 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.