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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Thoughtworks Mingle

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

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

Prerequisites

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Thoughtworks Mingle supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Thoughtworks Mingle 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 Thoughtworks Mingle.

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

    Screenshot of Edit Basic SAML Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

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

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Thoughtworks Mingle Client support team to get the value. 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, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot of The Certificate download link.

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

    Screenshot of 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 Thoughtworks Mingle.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Thoughtworks Mingle.
  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 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.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Thoughtworks Mingle SSO

  1. Sign in to your Thoughtworks Mingle company site as administrator.

  2. Click the Admin tab, and then, click SSO Config.

    Screenshot of Admin tab.

  3. In the SSO Config section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot of SSO Config.

    a. To upload the metadata file, click Choose file.

    b. Click Save Changes.

Create Thoughtworks Mingle test user

For Microsoft Entra users to be able to sign in, they must be provisioned to the Thoughtworks Mingle application using their Microsoft Entra user names. In the case of Thoughtworks Mingle, provisioning is a manual task.

To configure user provisioning, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to your Thoughtworks Mingle company site as administrator.

  2. Click Profile.

    Screenshot of Your First Project.

  3. Click the Admin tab, and then click Users.

    Screenshot of Users.

  4. Click New User.

    Screenshot of New User.

  5. On the New User dialog page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot of New User dialog.

    a. Type the Sign-in name, Display name, Choose password, Confirm password of a valid Microsoft Entra account you want to provision into the related textboxes.

    b. As User type, select Full user.

    c. Click Create This Profile.

Note

You can use any other Thoughtworks Mingle user account creation tools or APIs provided by Thoughtworks Mingle to provision Microsoft Entra user accounts.

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 Thoughtworks Mingle Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Thoughtworks Mingle 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.