Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with PerformanceCentre

In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate PerformanceCentre with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating PerformanceCentre with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

• You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to PerformanceCentre.
• You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to PerformanceCentre (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with PerformanceCentre, you need the following items:

• A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get one-month trial here
• PerformanceCentre single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

• PerformanceCentre supports SP initiated SSO

Adding PerformanceCentre from the gallery

To configure the integration of PerformanceCentre into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add PerformanceCentre from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add PerformanceCentre from the gallery, perform the following steps:

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 search box, type PerformanceCentre, select PerformanceCentre from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

   

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with PerformanceCentre based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in PerformanceCentre needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with PerformanceCentre, you need to complete the following building blocks:

1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
2. Configure PerformanceCentre Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
5. Create PerformanceCentre test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in PerformanceCentre that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with PerformanceCentre, perform the following steps:

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

2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > PerformanceCentre application integration page, select Single sign-on.

   

3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

   

4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

   

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

   

   a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: http://<companyname>.performancecentre.com/saml/SSO

   b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: http://<companyname>.performancecentre.com

   Note

   These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact PerformanceCentre Client support team to get these values. 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, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up PerformanceCentre section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

   

   a. Login URL

   b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

   c. Logout URL

Configure PerformanceCentre Single Sign-On

1. Sign-on to your PerformanceCentre company site as administrator.

2. In the tab on the left side, click Configure.

   

3. In the tab on the left side, click Miscellaneous, and then click Single Sign On.

   

4. As Protocol, select SAML.

   

5. Open your downloaded metadata file in notepad, copy the content, paste it into the Identity Provider Metadata textbox, and then click Save.

   

6. Verify that the values for the Entity Base URL and Entity ID URL are correct.

   

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta 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 Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to PerformanceCentre.

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

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

   

3. In the applications list, select PerformanceCentre.

   

4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

5. 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.

Create PerformanceCentre test user

The objective of this section is to create a user called Britta Simon in PerformanceCentre.

To create a user called Britta Simon in PerformanceCentre, perform the following steps:

1. Sign on to your PerformanceCentre company site as administrator.

2. In the menu on the left, click Interrelate, and then click Create Participant.

   

3. On the Interrelate - Create Participant dialog, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Type the required attributes for Britta Simon into related textboxes.

   Important

   Britta's User Name attribute in PerformanceCentre must be the same as the User Name in Microsoft Entra ID.

   b. Select Client Administrator as Choose Role.

   c. Click Save.

Test single sign-on

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

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

Additional Resources

• List of Tutorials on How to Integrate SaaS Apps with Microsoft Entra ID

• What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID?

• What is Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID?