Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with International SOS Assistance Products

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate International SOS Assistance Products with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate International SOS Assistance Products with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to International SOS Assistance Products.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to International SOS Assistance Products 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.
  • International SOS Assistance Products single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • International SOS Assistance Products supports SP initiated SSO

  • International SOS Assistance Products supports Just In Time user provisioning

To configure the integration of International SOS Assistance Products into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add International SOS Assistance Products 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 International SOS Assistance Products in the search box.
  4. Select International SOS Assistance Products 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 International SOS Assistance Products

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with International SOS Assistance Products 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 International SOS Assistance Products.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with International SOS Assistance Products, 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 International SOS Assistance Products SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create International SOS Assistance Products test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in International SOS Assistance Products 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 > International SOS Assistance Products > 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://<SUBDOMAIN>.outsystemsenterprise.com/myassist

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.internationalsos.com/sso/saml2/<CUSTOM_ID>

    c. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://www.okta.com/saml2/service-provider/<IN>

    Note

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

  6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

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 International SOS Assistance Products.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > International SOS Assistance Products.
  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 International SOS Assistance Products SSO

To configure single sign-on on International SOS Assistance Products side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to International SOS Assistance Products support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create International SOS Assistance Products test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in International SOS Assistance Products. International SOS Assistance Products 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 International SOS Assistance Products, a new one is created after authentication.

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 International SOS Assistance Products Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to International SOS Assistance Products Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

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

Next steps

Once you configure International SOS Assistance Products 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.