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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Predictix Price Reporting

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Predictix Price Reporting.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Predictix Price Reporting 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.
  • Predictix Price Reporting 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'll configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Predictix Price Reporting supports SP-initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Predictix Price Reporting into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Predictix Price Reporting 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 Predictix Price Reporting in the search box.
  4. Select Predictix Price Reporting 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 Predictix Price Reporting

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Predictix Price Reporting 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 Predictix Price Reporting.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Predictix Price Reporting, 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 Predictix Price Reporting SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create a Predictix Price Reporting test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Predictix Price Reporting 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 > Predictix Price Reporting application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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. In the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

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

    b. In the Sign on URL box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname-pricing>.predictix.com/sso/request

    Note

    These values are placeholders. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. Contact the Predictix Price Reporting support team to get the values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box.

  6. 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

  7. In the Set up Predictix Price Reporting section, copy the appropriate URLs, based on your requirements.

    Copy the 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 Predictix Price Reporting.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Predictix Price Reporting.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  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 Predictix Price Reporting SSO

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

Create a Predictix Price Reporting test user

Next, you need to create a user named Britta Simon in Predictix Price Reporting. Work with the Predictix Price Reporting support team to add users. Users need to 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 Predictix Price Reporting Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Predictix Price Reporting Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Predictix Price Reporting tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Predictix Price Reporting Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Predictix Price Reporting 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.