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Tutorial: Integrate Shmoop For Schools with Microsoft Entra ID

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Shmoop For Schools supports SP initiated SSO
  • Shmoop For Schools supports Just In Time user provisioning

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Shmoop For Schools 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 Shmoop For Schools.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Shmoop For Schools, 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 Shmoop For Schools SSO - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
    1. Create Shmoop For Schools test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Shmoop For Schools 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 > Shmoop For Schools 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://schools.shmoop.com/public-api/saml2/start/<uniqueid>

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://schools.shmoop.com/<uniqueid>

    Note

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

  6. Shmoop For Schools application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

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  7. In addition to above, Shmoop For Schools application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    role user.assignedroles

    Note

    Shmoop for School supports two roles for users: Teacher and Student. Set up these roles in Microsoft Entra ID so that users can be assigned the appropriate roles. To understand how to configure roles in Microsoft Entra ID, see here.

  8. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

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 Shmoop For Schools.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Shmoop For Schools.
  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 have setup the roles as explained in the above, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Shmoop For Schools SSO

To configure single sign-on on Shmoop For Schools side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to Shmoop For Schools support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Shmoop For Schools test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in Shmoop For Schools. Shmoop For Schools supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Shmoop For Schools, a new one is created after authentication.

Note

If you need to create a user manually, contact the Shmoop For Schools support team.

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 Shmoop For Schools Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Shmoop For Schools 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.