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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server with Microsoft Entra ID. Integrating Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server with Microsoft Entra ID provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server (Single Sign-On) with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location.

If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Microsoft Entra ID, see What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get one-month trial here
  • Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server supports SP initiated SSO

  • Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server from the gallery, perform 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 > New application.

  3. In the search box, type Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server, select Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server in the results list

Configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  5. Create Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on

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

To configure Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server, perform 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 > Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

  3. On the Select a Single sign-on method dialog, select SAML/WS-Fed mode to enable single sign-on.

    Single sign-on select mode

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit icon to open Basic SAML Configuration dialog.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

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

    Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server Domain and URLs single sign-on information

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

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

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server 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, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

Configure Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server Single Sign-On

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server Configuration company site as an administrator.

  2. Click on the Menu icon and then select Administration.

    Screenshot shows the Administration icon in Microsoft Digital Enterprise Server.

  3. Select User Provider.

    Screenshot shows User Provider selected from the menu.

  4. In the User Provider Configurations section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the User Provider Configurations where you can enter the values described.

    a. Select Secured Assertion Markup Language 2 (SAML 2) from the dropdown in the Authentication Method.

    b. In the Metadata URL textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url value, which you have copied form the Azure portal.

    c. In the Application ID textbox, enter the URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.trisotech.com.

    d. Click Save

    e. Enter the domain name in the Allowed Domains (empty means everyone) textbox, it automatically assigns licenses for users matching the Allowed Domains

    f. Click Save

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user called Britta 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 enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server.

    The Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server link in the Applications list

  4. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.

  5. 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.

Create Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server. Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server 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 Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server, a new one is created after authentication.

Note

If you need to create a user manually, contact Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server support team.

Test single sign-on

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.

When you click the Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Trisotech Digital Enterprise Server for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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