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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Flexera One

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

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

Note

This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.

Scenario description

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

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

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Flexera One 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 Flexera One.

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

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.flexera.com/sso/saml2/<ID>

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.flexera.com/sso/saml2/<ID>

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.flexera.com/sso/saml2/<ID>

    Note

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

  6. Flexera One 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.

    Screenshot shows the image of Flexera One application.

  7. In addition to above, Flexera One 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

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  9. On the Set up Flexera One section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy Configuration appropriate U R L.

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 Flexera One.

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

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

Create Flexera One test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Flexera One. Flexera One 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 Flexera One, 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 Flexera One Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Flexera One 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 Flexera One 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 Flexera One 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 Flexera One for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Flexera One 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.