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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with RolePoint

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to RolePoint.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to RolePoint with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with RolePoint, you need to have:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • A RolePoint subscription with single sign-on enabled.

Scenario description

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

  • RolePoint supports SP-initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with RolePoint 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 RolePoint.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with RolePoint, 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 RolePoint SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create RolePoint test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in RolePoint 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 > RolePoint > 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:

    1. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, type a URL using the following pattern:

      https://app.rolepoint.com/<instancename>

    2. In the Sign on URL box, type a URL using the following pattern:

      https://<subdomain>.rolepoint.com/login

    Note

    These values are placeholders. You need to use the actual Identifier and Sign on URL. We suggest that you use a unique string value in the identifier. Contact the RolePoint support team to get these 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 Federation Metadata XML, per your requirements, and save the file on your computer.

    Certificate download link

  7. In the Set up RolePoint 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 RolePoint.

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

To set up single sign-on on the RolePoint side, you need to work with the RolePoint support team. Send this team the Federation Metadata XML file and the URLs that you got. They'll configure RolePoint to ensure the SAML SSO connection is set properly on both sides.

Create RolePoint test user

Next, you need to create a user named Britta Simon in RolePoint. Work with the RolePoint support team to add users to RolePoint. Users need to be created and activated before you can 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 RolePoint Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure RolePoint 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.