Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Timeclock 365 SAML

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Timeclock 365 SAML with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Timeclock 365 SAML with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Timeclock 365 SAML.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Timeclock 365 SAML 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.
• Timeclock 365 SAML single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• Timeclock 365 SAML supports SP initiated SSO.
• Timeclock 365 SAML supports Automated user provisioning.

Adding Timeclock 365 SAML from the gallery

To configure the integration of Timeclock 365 SAML into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Timeclock 365 SAML 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 Timeclock 365 SAML in the search box.
4. Select Timeclock 365 SAML 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 Timeclock 365 SAML

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Timeclock 365 SAML 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 Timeclock 365 SAML.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Timeclock 365 SAML, 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 Timeclock 365 SAML SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create Timeclock 365 SAML test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Timeclock 365 SAML 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 > Timeclock 365 SAML > 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, enter the values for the following fields:

   In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://live.timeclock365.com/login

6. 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.

   

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 Timeclock 365 SAML.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Timeclock 365 SAML.
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 Timeclock 365 SAML SSO

1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your up Timeclock 365 SAML company site as an administrator

2. Perform the below mentioned steps.

   

   a. Go to the Settings > Company profile > Settings tab.

   b. In the IDP metadata path, paste the App Federation Metadata Url that you copied previously.

   c. Then, click on Update.

Create Timeclock 365 SAML test user

1. Open a new tab in your browser, and sign in to your Timeclock 365 SAML company site as an administrator.

2. Go to the Users > Add new user.

   

3. Provide all the required information in the User information page and click on Save.

   

4. Click on Create button to create the test user.

Note

Timeclock 365 SAML also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

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 Timeclock 365 SAML Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to Timeclock 365 SAML Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Timeclock 365 SAML tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Timeclock 365 SAML Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Timeclock 365 SAML 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.