Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with T&E Express

In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate T&E Express with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Integrating T&E Express with Azure AD provides you with the following benefits:

  • You can control in Azure AD who has access to T&E Express.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to T&E Express (Single Sign-On) with their Azure AD accounts.
  • You can manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

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

Prerequisites

To configure Azure AD integration with T&E Express, you need the following items:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have an Azure AD environment, you can get one-month trial here
  • T&E Express single sign-on enabled subscription

Scenario description

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

  • T&E Express supports IDP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of T&E Express into Azure AD, you need to add T&E Express from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

To add T&E Express from the gallery, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, on the left navigation panel, click Azure Active Directory icon.

    The Azure Active Directory button

  2. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select the All Applications option.

    The Enterprise applications blade

  3. To add new application, click New application button on the top of dialog.

    The New application button

  4. In the search box, type T&E Express, select T&E Express from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    T&E Express in the results list

Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with T&E Express based on a test user called Britta Simon. For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in T&E Express needs to be established.

To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with T&E Express, you need to complete the following building blocks:

  1. Configure Azure AD Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
  2. Configure T&E Express Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
  3. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with Britta Simon.
  4. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  5. Create T&E Express test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in T&E Express that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  6. Test single sign-on - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD single sign-on

In this section, you enable Azure AD single sign-on in the Azure portal.

To configure Azure AD single sign-on with T&E Express, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, on the T&E Express application integration page, select Single sign-on.

    Configure single sign-on link

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

    Single sign-on select mode

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

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  4. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    T&E Express Domain and URLs single sign-on information

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the value as URL using the following pattern: https://<domain>.tyeexpress.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<domain>.tyeexpress.com/authorize/samlConsume.aspx

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL. Here we suggest you to use the unique value of string in the Identifier. Contact T&E Express Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  5. 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.

    The Certificate download link

  6. On the Set up T&E Express section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Azure AD Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure T&E Express Single Sign-On

  1. To configure single sign-on on T&E Express side, login to the T&E express application without SAML single sign on using admin credentials.

  2. Under the Admin Tab, Click on SAML domain to Open the SAML settings page.

    Screenshot shows SAML Domain selected from the Admin menu.

  3. Select the Activar(Activate) option from No to SI(Yes). In the Identity Provider Metadata textbox, paste the metadata XML which you have downloaded from the Azure portal.

    Screenshot shows the Dominio SAML page where you can enter the metadata.

  4. Click on the Guardar(Save) button to save the settings.

Create an Azure AD test user

The objective of this section is to create a test user in the Azure portal called Britta Simon.

  1. In the Azure portal, in the left pane, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.

    The "Users and groups" and "All users" links

  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.

    New user Button

  3. In the User properties, perform the following steps.

    The User dialog box

    a. In the Name field enter BrittaSimon.

    b. In the User name field type brittasimon@yourcompanydomain.extension
    For example, BrittaSimon@contoso.com

    c. Select Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.

    d. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you enable Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to T&E Express.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, select All applications, then select T&E Express.

    Enterprise applications blade

  2. In the applications list, select T&E Express.

    The T&E Express link in the Applications list

  3. In the menu on the left, select Users and groups.

    The "Users and groups" link

  4. Click the Add user button, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.

    The Add Assignment pane

  5. In the Users and groups dialog select Britta Simon in the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  6. If you are expecting any role value in the SAML assertion then in the Select Role dialog select the appropriate role for the user from the list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.

  7. In the Add Assignment dialog click the Assign button.

Create T&E Express test user

In order to enable Azure AD users to log into T&E Express, they must be provisioned into T&E Express. In case of T&E Express, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user accounts, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to your T&E Express company site as an administrator.

  2. Under Admin tag, click on Users to open the Users master page.

    Screenshot shows Users selected from the Admin menu.

  3. On the home page, click on + to add the users.

    Screenshot shows the plus icon to add users.

  4. Enter all the mandatory details as asked in the form and click the save button to save the details.

    Screenshot shows the User information section where you can enter appropriate values.

    Screenshot shows the Approvers and Assistant sections where you can enter appropriate values.

Test single sign-on

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

When you click the T&E Express tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the T&E Express for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

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