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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with SpaceIQ

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with SpaceIQ, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • SpaceIQ single sign-on 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 SpaceIQ into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SpaceIQ 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 SpaceIQ in the search box.
  4. Select SpaceIQ 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 SpaceIQ

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SpaceIQ 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 SpaceIQ.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SpaceIQ, 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 SpaceIQ SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create SpaceIQ test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in SpaceIQ 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 > SpaceIQ > 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 Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the URL: https://api.spaceiq.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://api.spaceiq.com/saml/<INSTANCE_ID>/callback

    Note

    Update these values with the actual Reply URL and identifier which is explained later in the 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 SpaceIQ 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 SpaceIQ.

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

  1. Open a new browser window, and then sign in to your SpaceIQ environment as an administrator.

  2. Once you are logged in, click on the puzzle sign at the top right, then click on Integrations

    Account settings

  3. Under All PROVISIONING & SSO, click on the Azure tile to add an instance of Azure as IDP.

    SAML icon

  4. In the SSO dialog box, perform the following steps:

    SAML Authentication Settings

    a. In the SAML Issuer URL box, paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value copied from the Microsoft Entra application configuration window.

    b. Copy the SAML CallBack Endpoint URL (read-only) value and paste the value in the Reply URL box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

    c. Copy the SAML Audience URI (read-only) value and paste the value in the Identifier box in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

    d. Open the downloaded certificate file in notepad, copy the content, and then paste it in the X.509 Certificate box.

    e. Click Save.

Create SpaceIQ test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in SpaceIQ. Work SpaceIQ support team to add the users in the SpaceIQ platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

SpaceIQ 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.

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the SpaceIQ for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the SpaceIQ tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the SpaceIQ 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 SpaceIQ 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.