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Microsoft Entra integration with Condeco

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In this article, you learn how to integrate Condeco with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Condeco with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Scenario description

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

  • Condeco supports SP initiated SSO

  • Condeco supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of Condeco into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Condeco 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 Condeco in the search box.
  4. Select Condeco 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Condeco

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Condeco 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 Condeco.

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.condecosoftware.com

    Note

    The value isn't real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Condeco 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, select 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 Condeco section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you 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 enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Condeco.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Condeco.
  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 select the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you're 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, select the Assign button.

Configure Condeco SSO

To configure single sign-on on Condeco side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Condeco support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Condeco test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in Condeco. Condeco supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Condeco, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

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

  • Select Test this application, this option redirects to Condeco Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the Condeco tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Condeco for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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