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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with TigerConnect Secure Messenger

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with TigerConnect Secure Messenger, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
  • A TigerConnect Secure Messenger subscription with single sign-on enabled.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment and integrate TigerConnect Secure Messenger with Microsoft Entra ID.

  • TigerConnect Secure Messenger supports SP initiated SSO.

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

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger based on a test user named Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, you must establish a link between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in TigerConnect Secure Messenger.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger, you need to 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 Britta Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure TigerConnect Secure Messenger SSO to configure the single sign-on settings on the application side.
    1. Create a TigerConnect Secure Messenger test user so that there's a user named Britta Simon in TigerConnect Secure Messenger who's linked to the Microsoft Entra user named Britta Simon.
  3. Test SSO to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

In this section, you enable Microsoft Entra single sign-on.

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with TigerConnect Secure Messenger, take the following steps:

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > TigerConnect Secure Messenger > 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. In the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    1. In the Sign on URL box, type the URL:

      https://home.tigertext.com

    2. In the Identifier (Entity ID) box, type a URL by using the following pattern:

      https://saml-lb.tigertext.me/v1/organization/<INSTANCE_ID>

    Note

    The Identifier (Entity ID) value isn't real. Update this value with the actual identifier. To get the value, contact the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration pane.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML pane, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options and save it on your computer.

    The Federation Metadata XML download option

  7. In the Set up TigerConnect Secure Messenger 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 TigerConnect Secure Messenger.

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

To configure single sign-on on the TigerConnect Secure Messenger side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and the appropriate copied URLs to the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team. The TigerConnect Secure Messenger team will make sure the SAML SSO connection is set properly on both sides.

Create a TigerConnect Secure Messenger test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in TigerConnect Secure Messenger. Work with the TigerConnect Secure Messenger support team to add Britta Simon as a user in TigerConnect Secure Messenger. 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 TigerConnect Secure Messenger Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure TigerConnect Secure Messenger 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.