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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Workrite

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

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

Prerequisites

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

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

Scenario description

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

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Workrite 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 Workrite.

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.workrite.co.uk/securelogin/samlgateway.aspx?id=<uniqueid>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Workrite Client support team to get the value. 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 Workrite 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 Workrite.

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

To configure single sign-on on Workrite side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Workrite support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Workrite test user

The objective of this section is to create a user called Britta Simon in Workrite.

To create a user called Britta Simon in Workrite, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign on to your workrite company site as administrator.

  2. In the navigation pane, click Admin.

    Admin Control

  3. Go to Quick Links, and then click Create a User.

    Create User Section

  4. On the Create User dialog, perform the following steps:

    Create User Dialog

    a. In the Email textbox, type the email address of user like Brittasimon@contoso.com.

    b. In the First Name textbox, type the firstname of user like Britta.

    c. In the Surname textbox, type the surname of user like Simon.

    d. Select Client Administrator as Choose Role.

    e. Click Save.

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 Workrite Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Workrite 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.