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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Proxyclick

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

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

Scenario description

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

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Proxyclick, 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 Proxyclick SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Proxyclick test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Proxyclick 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 > Proxyclick > 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, if you want to configure the application in IdP-initiated mode, perform the following steps.

    a. In the Identifier box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://saml.proxyclick.com/init/<COMPANY_ID>

    b. In the Reply URL box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://saml.proxyclick.com/consume/<COMPANY_ID>

  6. If you want to configure the application in SP-initiated mode, select Set additional URLs. In the Sign on URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern:

    https://saml.proxyclick.com/init/<COMPANY_ID>

    Note

    These values are placeholders. You need to use the actual Identifier,Reply URL and Sign on URL. Steps for getting these values are described later in this tutorial.

  7. 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

  8. In the Set up Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick.

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

  1. In a new web browser window, sign in to your Proxyclick company site as an admin.

  2. Select Account & Settings.

    Select Account & Settings.

  3. Scroll down to the Integrations section and select SAML.

    Select SAML.

  4. In the SAML section, take the following steps.

    SAML section

    1. Copy the SAML Consumer URL value and paste it into the Reply URL box in the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box.

    2. Copy the SAML SSO Redirect URL value and paste it into the Sign on URL and Identifier boxes in the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box.

    3. In the SAML Request Method list, select HTTP Redirect.

    4. In the Issuer box, paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value that you copied.

    5. In the SAML 2.0 Endpoint URL box, paste the Login URL value that you copied.

    6. In Notepad, open the certificate file that you downloaded. Paste the contents of this file into the Certificate box.

    7. Select Save Changes.

Create Proxyclick test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Proxyclick, you need to add them to Proxyclick. You need to add them manually.

To create a user account, take these steps:

  1. Sign in to your Proxyclick company site as an admin.

  2. Select Colleagues at the top of the window.

    Select Colleagues.

  3. Select Add Colleague.

    Select Add Colleague.

  4. In the Add a colleague section, take the following steps.

    Add a colleague section.

    1. In the Email box, enter the email address of the user. In this case, brittasimon@contoso.com.

    2. In the First Name box, enter the first name of the user. In this case, Britta.

    3. In the Last Name box, enter the last name of the user. In this case, Simon.

    4. Select Add User.

Note

Proxyclick also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

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 Proxyclick Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick 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 Proxyclick 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.