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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Grovo

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

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

To learn more about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID.

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.
  • Grovo single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Grovo supports SP and IDP initiated SSO
  • Grovo supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of Grovo into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Grovo 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 Grovo in the search box.
  4. Select Grovo 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 single sign-on for Grovo

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Grovo 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 Grovo.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Grovo, complete the following building blocks:

  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 Grovo SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Grovo test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Grovo 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 > Grovo > 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 edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.grovo.com/sso/saml2/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.grovo.com/sso/saml2/saml-assertion

    c. Click Set additional URLs.

    d. In the Relay State text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.grovo.com

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following steps if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<subdomain>.grovo.com/sso/saml2/saml-assertion

    Note

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

  7. 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.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Grovo section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 Grovo.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Grovo.

  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.

    The "Users and groups" link

  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    The Add User link

  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Grovo SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to Grovo as Administrator.

  2. Go to Admin > Integrations.

    Screenshot that shows the "Admin" menu with "Integrations" selected.

  3. Click SET UP under SP Initiated SAML 2.0 section.

    Screenshot that shows the "S P initiated S A M L 2.0" section with the "Set up" button selected.

  4. In the SP Initiated SAML 2.0 pop-up window, perform the following steps:

    Grovo Configuration

    a. In the Entity ID textbox, paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier.

    b. In the Single sign-on service endpoint textbox, paste the value of Login URL.

    c. Select Single sign-on service endpoint binding as urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect.

    d. Open the downloaded Base64 encoded certificate from Azure portal in notepad, paste it into the Public key textbox.

    e. Click Next.

Create Grovo test user

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

Test SSO

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

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

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