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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Ziflow

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Ziflow with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Ziflow with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Ziflow.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Ziflow with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Ziflow, you need the following items:

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

Scenario description

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

  • Ziflow supports SP initiated SSO.

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

  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 Add from the gallery section, type Ziflow in the search box.
  4. Select Ziflow from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Ziflow

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Ziflow using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Ziflow.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Ziflow, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Ziflow SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Ziflow test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Ziflow that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

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

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Ziflow > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a value using the following pattern: urn:auth0:ziflow-production:<UNIQUE_ID>

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://ziflow-production.auth0.com/login/callback?connection=<UNIQUE_ID>

    c. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://ziflow-production.auth0.com/login/callback?connection=<UNIQUE_ID>

    Note

    The preceding values are not real. You will update the unique ID value in the Identifier, Sign on URL and Reply URL with actual value, which is explained later in the tutorial.

  6. 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

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

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.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'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Ziflow.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Ziflow.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. 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.

Configure Ziflow SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to Ziflow as a Security Administrator.

  2. Click on Avatar in the top right corner, and then click Manage account.

    Screenshot for Ziflow Configuration Manage

  3. In the top left, click Single Sign-On.

    Screenshot for Ziflow Configuration Sign

  4. On the Single Sign-On page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot for Ziflow Configuration Single

    a. Select Type as SAML2.0.

    b. In the Sign In URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL, which you copied previously.

    c. Upload the base-64 encoded certificate that you have downloaded, into the X509 Signing Certificate.

    d. In the Sign Out URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL, which you copied previously.

    e. From the Configuration Settings for your Identifier Provider section, copy the highlighted unique ID value and append it with the Identifier and Sign on URL in the Basic SAML Configuration on Azure portal.

Create Ziflow test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Ziflow, they must be provisioned into Ziflow. In Ziflow, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to Ziflow as a Security Administrator.

  2. Navigate to People on the top.

    Screenshot for Ziflow Configuration people

  3. Click Add and then click Add user.

    Screenshot shows the Add user option selected.

  4. On the Add a user pop-up, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the Add a user dialog box where you can enter the values described.

    a. In Email text box, enter the email of user like brittasimon@contoso.com.

    b. In First name text box, enter the first name of user like Britta.

    c. In Last name text box, enter the last name of user like Simon.

    d. Select your Ziflow role.

    e. Click Add 1 user.

    Note

    The Microsoft Entra account holder receives an email and follows a link to confirm their account before it becomes active.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Ziflow Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Ziflow Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Ziflow tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Ziflow Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Ziflow you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.