Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Axiad Cloud Connector

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

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

Scenario description

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

• Axiad Cloud Connector supports SP initiated SSO.
• Axiad Cloud Connector supports Automated user provisioning.

Add Axiad Cloud Connector from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Axiad Cloud Connector 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 Axiad Cloud Connector.

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

   a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://access-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net/<CUSTOM_URL>

   b. In the Reply URL textbox, type a URL using the following pattern: https://access-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net/<CUSTOM_URL>

   c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://portal-<INSTANCE_NAME>.axiadids.net

   Note

   These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact Axiad Cloud Connector 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, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up Axiad Cloud Connector section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

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 Axiad Cloud Connector.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Axiad Cloud Connector.
3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Axiad Cloud Connector SSO

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

Create Axiad Cloud Connector test user

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

• Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Axiad Cloud Connector Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Axiad Cloud Connector tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Axiad Cloud Connector Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Axiad Cloud Connector 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.