Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Predictix Ordering

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Predictix Ordering with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). This integration provides these benefits:

  • You can use Azure AD to control who has access to Predictix Ordering.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed in to Predictix Ordering (single sign-on) with their Azure AD accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location: the Azure portal.

To learn more about SaaS app integration with Azure AD, see Single sign-on to applications in Azure Active Directory.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you start.

Prerequisites

To configure Azure AD integration with Predictix Ordering, you need to have:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have an Azure AD environment, you can get a free account.
  • A Predictix Ordering subscription that has single sign-on enabled.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you'll configure and test Azure AD single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Predictix Ordering supports SP-initiated SSO.

To set up the integration of Predictix Ordering into Azure AD, you need to add Predictix Ordering from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. In the Azure portal, in the left pane, select Azure Active Directory:

    Select Azure Active Directory

  2. Go to Enterprise applications > All applications:

    The Enterprise applications blade

  3. To add an application, select New application at the top of the window:

    Select New application

  4. In the search box, enter Predictix Ordering. Select Predictix Ordering in the search results and then select Add.

    Search results

Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you'll configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Predictix Ordering by using a test user named Britta Simon. To enable single sign-on, you need to establish a relationship between an Azure AD user and the corresponding user in Predictix Ordering.

To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Predictix Ordering, you need to complete these steps:

  1. Configure Azure AD single sign-on to enable the feature for your users.
  2. Configure Predictix Ordering single sign-on on the application side.
  3. Create an Azure AD test user to test Azure AD single sign-on.
  4. Assign the Azure AD test user to enable Azure AD single sign-on for the user.
  5. Create a Predictix Ordering test user that's linked to the Azure AD representation of the user.
  6. Test single sign-on to verify that the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you'll enable Azure AD single sign-on in the Azure portal.

To configure Azure AD single sign-on with Predictix Ordering, take these steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, on the Predictix Ordering application integration page, select Single sign-on:

    Select Single sign-on

  2. In the Select a single sign-on method dialog box, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on:

    Select a single sign-on method

  3. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, select the Edit icon to open the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box:

    Edit icon

  4. In the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box, complete the following steps.

    Basic SAML Configuration dialog box

    1. In the Sign on URL box, enter a URL in this pattern:

      https://<companyname-pricing>.ordering.predictix.com/sso/request

    2. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, enter a URL in this pattern:

      https://<companyname-pricing>.dev.ordering.predictix.com
https://<companyname-pricing>.ordering.predictix.com

    Note

    These values are placeholders. You need to use the actual sign-on URL and identifier. Contact the Predictix Ordering support team to get the values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box in the Azure portal.

  5. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select the Download link next to Certificate (Base64), per your requirements, and save the certificate on your computer:

    Certificate download link

  6. In the Set up Predictix Ordering section, copy the appropriate URLs, based on your requirements:

    Copy the configuration URLs

    1. Login URL.

    2. Azure AD Identifier.

    3. Logout URL.

Configure Predictix Ordering single sign-on

To configure single sign-on on the Predictix Ordering side, you need to send the certificate that you downloaded and the URLs that you copied from the Azure portal to the Predictix Ordering support team. This team ensures the SAML SSO connection is set properly on both sides.

Create an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user named Britta Simon in the Azure portal.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory in the left pane, select Users, and then select All users:

    Select All users

  2. Select New user at the top of the screen:

    Select New user

  3. In the User dialog box, take the following steps.

    User dialog box

    1. In the Name box, enter BrittaSimon.

    2. In the User name box, enter BrittaSimon@<yourcompanydomain>.<extension>. (For example, BrittaSimon@contoso.com.)

    3. Select Show Password, and then write down the value that's in the Password box.

    4. Select Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll enable Britta Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on by granting her access to Predictix Ordering.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise applications, select All applications, and then select Predictix Ordering:

    Enterprise applications

  2. In the list of applications, select Predictix Ordering.

    List of applications

  3. In the left pane, select Users and groups:

    Select Users and groups

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

    Select Add user

  5. In the Users and groups dialog box, select Britta Simon in the users list, and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  6. If you expect a role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog box, select the appropriate role for the user from the list. Click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  7. In the Add Assignment dialog box, select Assign.

Create a Predictix Ordering test user

Next, you need to create a user named Britta Simon in Predictix Ordering. Work with the Predictix Ordering support team to add users. Users need to be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test single sign-on

Now you need to test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration by using the Access Panel.

When you select the Predictix Ordering tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Predictix Ordering instance for which you set up SSO. For more information, see Access and use apps on the My Apps portal.

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