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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Vidyard

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

  • You can control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Vidyard.
  • You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Vidyard (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 Vidyard, you need the following items:

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

Scenario description

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

  • Vidyard supports SP and IDP initiated SSO

  • Vidyard supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of Vidyard into Microsoft Entra ID, 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:

  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 Vidyard, select Vidyard from result panel then click Add button to add the application.

    Vidyard 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 Vidyard 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 Vidyard needs to be established.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with Vidyard, 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 Vidyard 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 Vidyard test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Vidyard 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 Vidyard, 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 > Vidyard 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, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Basic SAML Configuration, where you can enter Identifier, Reply U R L, and select Save.

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/consume

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    Screenshot shows Set additional U R Ls where you can enter a Sign on U R L.

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://secure.vidyard.com/sso/saml/<unique id>/login

    Note

    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.

  7. 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.

    The Certificate download link

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

    Copy configuration URLs

    a. Login URL

    b. Microsoft Entra Identifier

    c. Logout URL

Configure Vidyard Single Sign-On

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Vidyard Software company site as an administrator.

  2. From the Vidyard dashboard, select Group > Security

    Screenshot shows Security selected from Group in Vidyard Software site.

  3. Click New Profile tab.

    Screenshot shows the New Profile button.

  4. In the SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the SAML Configuration section where you can enter the values described.

    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.

    c. Copy ACS URL value and paste it into Reply URL textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section.

    d. Copy Issuer/Metadata URL value and paste it into Identifier textbox in Basic SAML Configuration section.

    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.

  5. From the Single Sign On tab, select Assign next to an existing profile

    Screenshot shows the Assign button for the Microsoft Entra S S O 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.

  6. Select your organization group, which is visible in the Groups Available to Assign.

    Screenshot shows Assign SAML Configuration to Organizations section where you can select your group.

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

    Screenshot shows Assign SAML Configuration to Organizations section where you can select a role.

    Note

    For more information, refer to this doc.

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 Vidyard.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Vidyard.

    Enterprise applications blade

  3. In the applications list, select Vidyard.

    The Vidyard 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 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 Microsoft Entra 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.

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