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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Infrascale Cloud Backup

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Infrascale Cloud Backup.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Infrascale Cloud Backup 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.
  • Infrascale Cloud Backup single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • Infrascale Cloud Backup supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Infrascale Cloud Backup 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 Infrascale Cloud Backup.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Infrascale Cloud Backup, 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 Infrascale Cloud Backup SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Infrascale Cloud Backup test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Infrascale Cloud Backup 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 > Infrascale Cloud Backup > 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 textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://dashboard.sosonlinebackup.com/<ID>

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type the URL: https://dashboard.managedoffsitebackup.net/Account/AssertionConsumerService

    c. The Sign-on URL text box requires a specific URL for your company. The general pattern of the URL is: https://[OptionalPrefix]dashboard[OptionalSuffix].CompanySpecificString.[com/net,etc]/Account/SingleSignOn

    Note

    Do not enter this in the Sign-on URL text box. The Identifier value is not a real URL – just a general pattern. Update this value with the actual Identifier URL obtained from Infrascale. Contact Infrascale Cloud Backup support team to get the value.

  6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

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 Infrascale Cloud Backup.

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

  1. Log in to your Infrascale Cloud Backup company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Settings > Single Sign-On and select Enable Single Sign-On (SSO).

  3. In the Single Sign-On Settings page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the Configuration Settings.

    a. Copy Service Provider EntityID value, paste this value into the Identifier text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

    b. Copy Reply URL value, paste this value into the Reply URL text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

    c. Select Via metadata URL button under Identity Provider Settings section.

    d. Copy App Federation Metadata Url and paste it in the Metadata URL textbox.

    e. Click Save.

Create Infrascale Cloud Backup test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Infrascale Cloud Backup. Work with Infrascale Cloud Backup support team to add the users in the Infrascale Cloud Backup platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

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 Infrascale Cloud Backup Sign-On URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Infrascale Cloud Backup Sign-On URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

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

Next steps

Once you configure Infrascale Cloud Backup 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.