Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with SDS & Chemical Information Management

In this article, you learn how to integrate SDS & Chemical Information Management with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate SDS & Chemical Information Management with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to SDS & Chemical Information Management.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to SDS & Chemical Information Management 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.

• SDS & Chemical Information Management single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• SDS & Chemical Information Management supports SP initiated SSO.

• SDS & Chemical Information Management supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Adding SDS & Chemical Information Management from the gallery

To configure the integration of SDS & Chemical Information Management into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SDS & Chemical Information Management 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 SDS & Chemical Information Management in the search box.
4. Select SDS & Chemical Information Management 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 SDS & Chemical Information Management

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SDS & Chemical Information Management 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 SDS & Chemical Information Management.

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

   a. In the Identifier box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://cs.cloudsds.com/saml/<ID>

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://cs.cloudsds.com/saml/<ID>/consumeAssertion

   c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://cs.cloudsds.com/saml/<ID>/Login

   Note

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-On URL. Contact SDS & Chemical Information Management 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, 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 SDS & Chemical Information Management SSO

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

Create SDS & Chemical Information Management test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in SDS & Chemical Information Management. SDS & Chemical Information Management supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in SDS & Chemical Information Management, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

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

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to SDS & Chemical Information Management Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to SDS & Chemical Information Management Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the SDS & Chemical Information Management tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to SDS & Chemical Information Management Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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