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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Yodeck

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Yodeck.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Yodeck with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Yodeck, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • Yodeck single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Yodeck supports SP and IDP 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 Yodeck into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Yodeck 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 Yodeck in the search box.
  4. Select Yodeck 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 Yodeck

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Yodeck 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 Yodeck.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Yodeck, 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 Yodeck SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Yodeck test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Yodeck 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 > Yodeck > 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, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following step:

    In the Identifier text box, type the URL: https://app.yodeck.com/api/v1/account/metadata/

  6. 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 the URL: https://app.yodeck.com/login

  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 Yodeck.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Yodeck.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. 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.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Yodeck SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Yodeck company site as an administrator.

  2. Click on User Settings option from the top right corner of the page and select Account Settings.

    Screenshot shows with Account Settings selected for the user.

  3. Select SAML and perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the SAML tab where you can perform these steps.

    a. Select Import from URL.

    b. In the URL textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url value, which you have copied and click Import.

    c. After importing App Federation Metadata Url, the remaining fields populate automatically.

    d. Click Save.

Create Yodeck test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Yodeck, they must be provisioned into Yodeck. In the case of Yodeck, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your Yodeck company site as an administrator.

  2. Click on User Settings option form the top right corner of the page and select Users.

    Screenshot shows with Users selected for the user.

  3. Click on +User to open the User Details tab.

    Screenshot shows the Users button.

  4. On the User Details dialog page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the User Details tab where you can perform these steps.

    a. In the First Name textbox, type the first name of the user like Britta.

    b. In the Last Name textbox, type the last name of user like Simon.

    c. In the Email textbox, type the email address of user like brittasimon@contoso.com.

    d. Select appropriate Account Permissions option as per your organizational requirement.

    e. Click Save.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Yodeck Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Yodeck for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Yodeck tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the Yodeck 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 Yodeck 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.