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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with AppDynamics

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

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

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

  • AppDynamics supports SP initiated SSO.

  • AppDynamics supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with AppDynamics 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 AppDynamics.

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.saas.appdynamics.com/controller

    b. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/saml-auth?accountName=<companyname>

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.saas.appdynamics.com/?accountName=<companyname>

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact AppDynamics 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, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. On the Set up AppDynamics section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 [email protected]. For example, [email protected].
    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 AppDynamics.

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

  1. In a different web browser window, log in to your AppDynamics company site as an administrator.

  2. In the toolbar on the top, click Settings, and then click Administration.

    Administration

  3. Click the Authentication Provider tab.

    Authentication Provider

  4. In the Authentication Provider section, perform the following steps:

    SAML Configuration

    a. As Authentication Provider, select SAML.

    b. In the Login URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

    c. In the Logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL..

    d. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste it to the Certificate textbox

    e. Click Save.

Create AppDynamics test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in AppDynamics. AppDynamics 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 AppDynamics, 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, this will redirect to AppDynamics Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure AppDynamics 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.