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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with T&E Express

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate T&E Express with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating T&E Express with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to T&E Express.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to T&E Express (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with T&E Express, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get one-month trial here
  • T&E Express single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

  • T&E Express supports IDP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of T&E Express into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add T&E Express from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add T&E Express from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  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 search box, type T&E Express, select T&E Express from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    T&E Express in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with T&E Express based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in T&E Express needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with T&E Express, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure T&E Express Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  5. Create T&E Express test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in T&E Express that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with T&E Express, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > T&E Express application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    T&E Express Domain and URLs single sign-on information

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the value as URL using the following pattern: https://<domain>.tyeexpress.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<domain>.tyeexpress.com/authorize/samlConsume.aspx

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

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up T&E Express section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure T&E Express Single Sign-On

  1. To configure single sign-on on T&E Express side, login to the T&E express application without SAML single sign on using admin credentials.

  2. Under the Admin Tab, Click on SAML domain to Open the SAML settings page.

    Screenshot shows SAML Domain selected from the Admin menu.

  3. Select the Activar(Activate) option from No to SI(Yes). In the Identity Provider Metadata textbox, paste the metadata XML which you have downloaded.

    Screenshot shows the Dominio SAML page where you can enter the metadata.

  4. Click on the Guardar(Save) button to save the settings.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta 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 enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to T&E Express.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > T&E Express.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select T&E Express.

    The T&E Express link in the Applications list

  4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

  5. 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.

Create T&E Express test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log into T&E Express, they must be provisioned into T&E Express. In case of T&E Express, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user accounts, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to your T&E Express company site as an administrator.

  2. Under Admin tag, click on Users to open the Users master page.

    Screenshot shows Users selected from the Admin menu.

  3. On the home page, click on + to add the users.

    Screenshot shows the plus icon to add users.

  4. Enter all the mandatory details as asked in the form and click the save button to save the details.

    Screenshot shows the User information section where you can enter appropriate values.

    Screenshot shows the Approvers and Assistant sections where you can enter appropriate values.

Test single sign-on

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

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

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