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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ScreenSteps

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

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

Scenario description

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

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ScreenSteps 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 ScreenSteps.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ScreenSteps, 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 ScreenSteps SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create ScreenSteps test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ScreenSteps 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 > ScreenSteps > 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. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following step:

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<tenantname>.ScreenSteps.com

    Note

    This value is not real. Update this value with the actual Sign-On URL, which is explained later in this tutorial.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

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

    Copy 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 ScreenSteps.

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

  1. In a different web browser window, log into your ScreenSteps company site as an administrator.

  2. Click Account Settings.

    Screenshot that shows Account management

  3. Click Single Sign-on.

    Screenshot that shows "Single Sign-on" selected.

  4. Click Create Single Sign-on Endpoint.

    Screenshot that shows Remote authentication

  5. In the Create Single Sign-on Endpoint section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows Create an authentication endpoint

    a. In the Title textbox, type a title.

    b. From the Mode list, select SAML.

    c. Click Create.

  6. Edit the new endpoint.

    Screenshot that shows to edit endpoint

  7. In the Edit Single Sign-on Endpoint section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows Remote authentication endpoint

    a. Click Upload new SAML Certificate file, and then upload the certificate, which you have downloaded previously.

    b. Paste Login URL value into the Remote Login URL textbox.

    c. Paste Logout URL value into the Log out URL textbox.

    d. Select a Group to assign users to when they are provisioned.

    e. Click Update.

    f. Copy the SAML Consumer URL to the clipboard and paste in to the Sign-on URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section.

    g. Return to the Edit Single Sign-on Endpoint.

    h. Click the Make default for account button to use this endpoint for all users who log into ScreenSteps. Alternatively you can click the Add to Site button to use this endpoint for specific sites in ScreenSteps.

Create ScreenSteps test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in ScreenSteps. Work with ScreenSteps Client support team to add the users in the ScreenSteps platform. Users must 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 ScreenSteps Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure ScreenSteps 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.