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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with SmartDraw

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to SmartDraw.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to SmartDraw 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.
  • SmartDraw single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • SmartDraw supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
  • SmartDraw supports Just In Time user provisioning.

To configure the integration of SmartDraw into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw in the search box.
  4. Select SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SmartDraw, 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 SmartDraw SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create SmartDraw test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in SmartDraw 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 > SmartDraw > 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, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

  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 a URL using the following pattern: https://cloud.smartdraw.com/sso/saml/login/<DOMAIN>

    Note

    The Sign-on URL value is not real. You will update the Sign-on URL value with the actual Sign-on URL, which is explained later in the tutorial. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  7. Click Save.

  8. SmartDraw application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    image

  9. In addition to above, SmartDraw application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    FirstName user.givenname
    LastName user.surname
    Email user.mail
    Groups user.groups

  10. 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.

    The Certificate download link

  11. On the Set up SmartDraw section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 SmartDraw.

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

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

  2. Click on Single Sign-On under Manage your SmartDraw License.

    Screenshot shows the Manage your SmartDraw License dialog box where you can select Single Sign-On.

  3. On the Configuration page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Configuration page where you can enter the values described.

    a. In the Your Domain (like acme.com) textbox, type your domain.

    b. Copy the Your SP Initiated Login Url will be for your instance and paste it in Sign-on URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration on Azure portal.

    c. In the Security Groups to Allow SmartDraw Access textbox, type Everyone.

    d. In the Your SAML Issuer Url textbox, paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier which you copied previously.

    e. In Notepad, open the Metadata XML file that you downloaded, copy its content, and then paste it into the Your SAML MetaData box.

    f. Click Save Configuration

Create SmartDraw test user

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

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 SmartDraw Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw 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 SmartDraw 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.