Tutorial: Integrate SecureW2 JoinNow Connector with Microsoft Entra ID

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate SecureW2 JoinNow Connector with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate SecureW2 JoinNow Connector with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to SecureW2 JoinNow Connector.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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.
  • SecureW2 JoinNow Connector single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • SecureW2 JoinNow Connector supports SP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of SecureW2 JoinNow Connector into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector in the search box.
  4. Select SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SecureW2 JoinNow Connector, 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create SecureW2 JoinNow Connector test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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 > SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<organization-identifier>-auth.securew2.com/auth/saml/SSO

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<organization-identifier>-auth.securew2.com/auth/saml

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact SecureW2 JoinNow Connector Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up SecureW2 JoinNow Connector section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > SecureW2 JoinNow Connector.
  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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector SSO

To configure single sign-on on SecureW2 JoinNow Connector side, you need to send the downloaded Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to SecureW2 JoinNow Connector support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create SecureW2 JoinNow Connector test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in SecureW2 JoinNow Connector. Work with SecureW2 JoinNow Connector support team to add the users in the SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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 SecureW2 JoinNow Connector Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to SecureW2 JoinNow Connector Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the SecureW2 JoinNow Connector tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to SecureW2 JoinNow Connector Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure SecureW2 JoinNow Connector 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.