Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO

In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

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.

• Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
• Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

Add Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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 Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO, 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 Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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 > Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO > 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.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, if you have Service Provider metadata file and wish to configure in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

   a. Click Upload metadata file.

   

   b. Click on folder logo to select the metadata file and click Upload.

   

   c. After the metadata file is successfully uploaded, the Identifier and Reply URL values get auto populated in Basic SAML Configuration section.

   Note

   If the Identifier and Reply URL values do not get auto populated, then fill in the values manually according to your requirement.

6. Click 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://<YOUR_COMPANY>.beekeeper.io/login

   Note

   The Sign-on URL value is not real. Update this value with the actual Sign-on URL. Contact Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO Client support team to get this value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

7. Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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.

   

8. In addition to above, Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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
   firstname	user.givenname
   lastname	user.surname
   email	user.mail
   username	user.principalname
   position	user.jobtitle

9. 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.

   

10. On the Set up Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    

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 Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO

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

Create Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO. Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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 Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

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

SP initiated:

• Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

IDP initiated:

• Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO 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 Beekeeper Microsoft Entra SSO for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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