Microsoft Entra integration with MobileIron

In this article, you learn how to integrate MobileIron with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate MobileIron with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to MobileIron.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed in to MobileIron with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location: the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

• A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
• One of the following roles:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• MobileIron single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• MobileIron supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

Add MobileIron from the gallery

To configure the integration of MobileIron into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add MobileIron 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 MobileIron in the search box.
4. Select MobileIron from the results, 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for MobileIron

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

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with MobileIron, 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 Britta Simon.
   2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable Britta Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
2. Configure MobileIron SSO - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
   1. Create MobileIron test user - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in MobileIron that's linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

In this section, you 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 > MobileIron application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode:

   a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://www.MobileIron.com/<key>

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<host>.MobileIron.com/saml/SSO/alias/<key>

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

   In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<host>.MobileIron.com/user/login.html

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, and Sign-On URL. You get the values of key and host from the ​administrative​ ​portal of MobileIron which is explained later in the article.

6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

   

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure MobileIron SSO

1. In a different web browser window, log in to your MobileIron company site as an administrator.

2. Go to Admin > Identity and select Microsoft Entra ID option in the Info on Cloud IDP Setup field.

   

3. Copy the values of Key and Host and paste them to complete the URLs in the Basic SAML Configuration section in Azure portal.

   

4. In the Export​​ ​metadata​ file ​from​ ​A​AD​ and import to MobileIron Cloud Field select Choose File to upload the downloaded metadata from Azure portal. Select Done once uploaded.

   

Create MobileIron test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to log in to MobileIron, they must be provisioned into MobileIron.
In the case of MobileIron, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to your MobileIron company site as an administrator.

2. Go to Users and Select Add > Single User.

   

3. On the “Single User” dialog page, perform the following steps:

   

   a. In E-mail Address 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 Done.

Test SSO

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

SP initiated:

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to MobileIron Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

• Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the MobileIron for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you select the MobileIron tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the MobileIron for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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