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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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.
  • ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection supports SP and IDP 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection in the search box.
  4. Select ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection, 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 > ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection > 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, If you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type one of the following values:

    Production Environment URL
    SAML-VSHOW.on24.com
    SAML-Gateway.on24.com
    SAP PROD SAML-EliteAudience.on24.com
    QA Environment URL
    SAMLQA-VSHOW.on24.com
    SAMLQA-Gateway.on24.com
    SAMLQA-EliteAudience.on24.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type one of the following URLs:

    Production Environment URL
    https://federation.on24.com/sp/ACS.saml2
    https://federation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTC1WU2hvdy5vbjI0LmNvbSJ9/ACS.saml2
    https://federation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTC1HYXRld2F5Lm9uMjQuY29tIn0/ACS.saml2
    https://federation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTC1FbGl0ZUF1ZGllbmNlLm9uMjQuY29tIn0/ACS.saml2
    QA Environment URL
    https://qafederation.on24.com/sp/ACS.saml2
    https://qafederation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTFFBLVZzaG93Lm9uMjQuY29tIn0/ACS.saml2
    https://qafederation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTFFBLUdhdGV3YXkub24yNC5jb20ifQ/ACS.saml2
    https://qafederation.on24.com/sp/eyJ2c2lkIjoiU0FNTFFBLUVsaXRlQXVkaWVuY2Uub24yNC5jb20ifQ/ACS.saml2

    c. Click Set additional URLs.

    d. In the Relay State text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://vshow.on24.com/vshow/ms_azure_saml_test?r=<ID>

  6. If you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode, perform the following step:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://vshow.on24.com/vshow/<INSTANCE_NAME>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Relay State and Sign-on URL. Contact ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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, click 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

  8. On the Set up ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection.
  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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection SSO

To configure single sign-on on ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection. Work with ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection support team to add the users in the ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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 ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure ON24 Virtual Environment SAML Connection 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.