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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with TimeLive

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • TimeLive supports SP initiated SSO.

  • TimeLive supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TimeLive 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 TimeLive.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TimeLive, 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 TimeLive SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create TimeLive test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in TimeLive 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 > TimeLive > 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, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<domainname>.livetecs.com/

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<domainname>.livetecs.com/

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. Contact TimeLive Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up TimeLive section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per 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 TimeLive.

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

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

  2. Select Preferences under Admin Options.

    Screenshot shows the Admin Options with Preferences selected.

  3. In the Application Preference section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Application Preference section where you can enter the values described.

    a. Select Security tab.

    b. Check Enable Single Sign On (SSO) checkbox.

    c. Select SAML from the drop down menu with heading Sign in using Single Sign-On (SSO) with.

    d. In the SAML SSO URL, Paste Login URL value which you have copied form the Azure portal.

    e. In the Remote logout URL, Paste Logout URL value which you have copied form the Azure portal.

    f. Open the downloaded base-64 encoded certificate from Azure portal in Notepad, copy the content, and then paste it into the X.509 Certificate textbox.

    g. Click Update.

Create TimeLive test user

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

Test SSO

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

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

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the TimeLive tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to TimeLive Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure TimeLive 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 Cloud App Security.