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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with ColorTokens ZTNA

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

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

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • ColorTokens ZTNA single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • ColorTokens ZTNA supports SP initiated SSO

To configure the integration of ColorTokens ZTNA into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add ColorTokens ZTNA 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 ColorTokens ZTNA in the search box.
  4. Select ColorTokens ZTNA 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 ColorTokens ZTNA

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ColorTokens ZTNA 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 ColorTokens ZTNA.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ColorTokens ZTNA, 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 ColorTokens ZTNA SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create ColorTokens ZTNA test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ColorTokens ZTNA 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 > ColorTokens ZTNA > 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, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<tenantname>.spectrum.colortokens.com

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL, Identifier and Reply URL. Contact ColorTokens ZTNA Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. ColorTokens ZTNA application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

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  7. In addition to above, ColorTokens ZTNA application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    department user.userprincipalname
    Group user.groups

    Note

    Click here to know how to create roles in Microsoft Entra ID.

  8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  9. On the Set up ColorTokens ZTNA section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 ColorTokens ZTNA.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ColorTokens ZTNA.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you have setup the roles as explained in the above, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure ColorTokens ZTNA SSO

To configure single sign-on on ColorTokens ZTNA side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to ColorTokens ZTNA support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create ColorTokens ZTNA test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in ColorTokens ZTNA. Work with ColorTokens ZTNA support team to add the users in the ColorTokens ZTNA platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

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 ColorTokens ZTNA Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure ColorTokens ZTNA 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.