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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with eKincare

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to eKincare.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to eKincare with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with eKincare, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • eKincare single sign-on enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

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

  • eKincare supports IDP initiated SSO.

  • eKincare supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with eKincare 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 eKincare.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with eKincare, 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 eKincare SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create eKincare test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in eKincare 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 > eKincare > 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.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

  5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

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

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<instancename>.ekincare.com/hul/saml

    Note

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

  6. eKincare application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format. Configure the following claims for this application. You can manage the values of these attributes from the User Attributes section on application integration page. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click Edit button to open User Attributes dialog.

    Screenshot that shows the User Attributes dialog with the edit button selected.

  7. In the User Claims section on the User Attributes dialog, edit the claims by using Edit icon or add the claims by using Add new claim to configure SAML token attribute as shown in the image above and perform the following steps:

    Name Source Attribute
    employeeid user.extensionattribute1
    organizationid "uniquevalue"
    organizationname user.companyname

    a. Click Add new claim to open the Manage user claims dialog.

    Screenshot that shows the "User claims" dialog with the "Add new claim" and "Save" buttons selected.

    Screenshot that shows the image of eKincare application.

    b. In the Name textbox, type the attribute name shown for that row.

    c. Leave the Namespace blank.

    d. Select Source as Attribute.

    e. From the Source attribute list, type the attribute value shown for that row.

    f. Click Ok

    g. Click Save.

  8. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot that shows the Certificate download link.

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

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate U R L.

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 eKincare.

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

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

Create eKincare test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in eKincare. eKincare 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 eKincare, 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 eKincare for which you set up the SSO.

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

Next steps

Once you configure eKincare 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 Cloud App Security.