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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with AlertMedia

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate AlertMedia with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate AlertMedia with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Scenario description

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

  • AlertMedia supports IDP initiated SSO.
  • AlertMedia supports Just In Time user provisioning.
  • AlertMedia supports Automated user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with AlertMedia 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 AlertMedia.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with AlertMedia, 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 AlertMedia SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create AlertMedia test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in AlertMedia 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 > AlertMedia > 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 Set up single sign-on with SAML page, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.alertmedia.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.alertmedia.com/api/sso/saml/

    Note

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

  6. AlertMedia 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.

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  7. In addition to above, AlertMedia 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
email user.userprincipalname
firstname user.givenname
lastname user.surname

  1. 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 AlertMedia.

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

  1. In a new web browser window, sign in to your AlertMedia company site as an administrator.

  2. Navigate to Company and select Single Sign-On.

    The Account button

  3. In the Authentication Method, select Remote SAML Metadata.

  4. Toggle ON the Sign Request.

  5. Toggle ON the Allow Passive Requests.

  6. In the MetaData URL textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url value, which you have copied fro the Azure portal.

  7. Select Requested Authentication Context Comparison as exact.

  8. In IDP Login URL textbox, paste the Login URL value, which you copied previously.

  9. Click Save.

Create AlertMedia test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in AlertMedia. AlertMedia 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 AlertMedia, 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, and you should be automatically signed in to the AlertMedia for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the AlertMedia tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the AlertMedia for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure AlertMedia 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.