Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Vidyard
In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Vidyard with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Integrating Vidyard with Azure AD provides you with the following benefits:
- You can control in Azure AD who has access to Vidyard.
- You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Vidyard (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 Vidyard, you need the following items:
- An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have an Azure AD environment, you can get a free account
- Vidyard single sign-on enabled subscription
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on in a test environment.
Vidyard supports SP and IDP initiated SSO
Vidyard supports Just In Time user provisioning
Adding Vidyard from the gallery
To configure the integration of Vidyard into Azure AD, you need to add Vidyard from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
To add Vidyard from the gallery, perform the following steps:
In the Azure portal, on the left navigation panel, click Azure Active Directory icon.

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

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

In the search box, type Vidyard, select Vidyard from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on
In this section, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Vidyard 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 Vidyard needs to be established.
To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Vidyard, you need to complete the following building blocks:
- Configure Azure AD Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Configure Vidyard Single Sign-On - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
- Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with Britta Simon.
- Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
- Create Vidyard test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Vidyard that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
- 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 Vidyard, perform the following steps:
In the Azure portal, on the Vidyard application integration page, select Single sign-on.

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

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

On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/metadatab. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/consumeClick Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/loginNote
These values are not real. You will update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, and Sign-On URL, which is explained later in the tutorial. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.
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.

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

a. Login URL
b. Azure AD Identifier
c. Logout URL
Configure Vidyard Single Sign-On
In a different web browser window, sign in to your Vidyard Software company site as an administrator.
From the Vidyard dashboard, select Group > Security

Click New Profile tab.

In the SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

a. Please enter general profile name in the Profile Name textbox.
b. Copy SSO User Login Page value and paste it into Sign on URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
c. Copy ACS URL value and paste it into Reply URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
d. Copy Issuer/Metadata URL value and paste it into Identifier textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section on Azure portal.
e. Open your downloaded certificate file from Azure portal in Notepad and then paste it into the X.509 Certificate textbox.
f. In the SAML Endpoint URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL copied from Azure portal.
g. Click Confirm.
From the Single Sign On tab, select Assign next to an existing profile

Note
Once you have created an SSO profile, assign it to any group(s) for which users will require access through Azure. If the user does not exist within the group to which they were assigned, Vidyard will automatically create a user account and assign their role in real-time.
Select your organization group, which is visible in the Groups Available to Assign.

You can see the assigned groups under the Groups Currently Assigned. Select a role for the group as per your organization and click Confirm.

Note
For more information, refer to this doc.
Create an Azure AD test user
The objective of this section is to create a test user in the Azure portal called Britta Simon.
In the Azure portal, in the left pane, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.

Select New user at the top of the screen.

In the User properties, perform the following steps.

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 Vidyard.
In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, select All applications, then select Vidyard.

In the applications list, select Vidyard.

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

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

In the Users and groups dialog select Britta Simon in the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
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.
In the Add Assignment dialog click the Assign button.
Create Vidyard test user
In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Vidyard. Vidyard 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 Vidyard, a new one is created after authentication.
Note
If you need to create a user manually, contact Vidyard support team.
Test single sign-on
In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.
When you click the Vidyard tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Vidyard for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.