Microsoft Entra SSO integration with InformaCast

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

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to InformaCast.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to InformaCast 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.

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

Note

This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.

Scenario description

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

• InformaCast supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
• InformaCast supports Automated user provisioning.

Add InformaCast from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for InformaCast

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with InformaCast 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 InformaCast.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with InformaCast, 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 InformaCast SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create InformaCast test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in InformaCast that's 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 > InformaCast > 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, the user doesn't have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

6. 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 the URL: https://admin.icmobile.singlewire.com

7. Select Save.

8. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, select copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url 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 InformaCast SSO

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

Create InformaCast test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in InformaCast. Work with InformaCast support team to add the users in the InformaCast 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.

SP initiated:

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

2. Go to InformaCast 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 InformaCast 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 InformaCast 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 InformaCast for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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