Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Workstars
In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Workstars with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Integrating Workstars with Azure AD provides you with the following benefits:
- You can control in Azure AD who has access to Workstars.
- You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Workstars (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 Workstars, you need the following items:
- An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have an Azure AD environment, you can get a free account.
- Workstars single sign-on enabled subscription
Scenario description
In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on in a test environment.
- Workstars supports IDP initiated SSO
Adding Workstars from the gallery
To configure the integration of Workstars into Azure AD, you need to add Workstars from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
To add Workstars 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 Workstars, select Workstars 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 Workstars 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 Workstars needs to be established.
To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Workstars, you need to complete the following building blocks:
- Configure Azure AD Single Sign-On - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Configure Workstars 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 Workstars test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Workstars 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 Workstars, perform the following steps:
In the Azure portal, on the Workstars 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 Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, perform the following steps:

a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL:
https://workstars.comb. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern:
https://<subdomain>.workstars.com/saml/login_checkNote
The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Reply URL. Contact Workstars Client support team to get the value. 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 Workstars section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

a. Login URL
b. Azure AD Identifier
c. Logout URL
Configure Workstars Single Sign-On
In another browser window, sign on to your Workstars company site as an administrator.
In the main toolbar, click Settings.

Go to Sign On > Settings.


On the Single Sign On (SAML) - Settings page, perform the following steps:

a. In Identity Provider Name textbox, type Office 365.
b. In the Identity Provider Entity ID textbox, paste the value of Azure AD Identifier, which you have copied from Azure portal.
c. Copy the content of the downloaded certificate file in notepad, and then paste it into the x509 Certificate textbox.
d. In the SAML SSO URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL, which you have copied from Azure portal.
e. In the Remote Logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL, which you have copied from Azure portal.
f. select Name ID as Email (Default).
g. Click Confirm.
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 Workstars.
In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, select All applications, then select Workstars.

In the applications list, select Workstars.

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 Workstars test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Workstars. Work with Workstars support team to add the users in the Workstars platform.
Test single sign-on
In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.
When you click the Workstars tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Workstars for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.