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Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Insightsfirst

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

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

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Insightsfirst, you need:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Insightsfirst single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Insightsfirst supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Insightsfirst supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

To configure the integration of Insightsfirst into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Insightsfirst 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 Insightsfirst in the search box.
  4. Select Insightsfirst 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards..

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Insightsfirst

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Insightsfirst 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 Insightsfirst.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Insightsfirst, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra ID test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Insightsfirst SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Insightsfirst test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Insightsfirst that is linked to the Microsoft Entra ID representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Insightsfirst > 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 how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier textbox, type one of the following URLs:

    Identifier
    https://insightsfirst-implementation.evalueserve.com
    https://insightsfirst.evalueserve.com/

    b. In the Reply URL textbox, type one of the following URLs:

    Reply URL
    https://insightsfirst-implementation.evalueserve.com/InsightFirstSSO/api/Assertion/ConsumerService
    https://insightsfirst.evalueserve.com/InsightFirstSSO/api/Assertion/ConsumerService

    c. In the Sign on URL textbox, type one of the following URLs:

    Sign on URL
    https://insightsfirst.evalueserve.com/Microsoft
    https://insightsfirst-implementation.evalueserve.com/Microsoft

  6. Insightsfirst 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.

    Screenshot shows the image of attributes configuration.

  7. In addition to above, Insightsfirst 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.mail

  8. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Screenshot shows to Edit SAML Signing Certificate.

  9. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows to Copy Thumbprint value.

  10. On the Set up Insightsfirst section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration appropriate URL.

Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user

In this section, you create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 ID test user

In this section, you enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to Insightsfirst.

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

To configure single sign-on on Insightsfirst side, you need to send the Thumbprint Value and appropriate copied URLs from Microsoft Entra admin center to Insightsfirst support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Insightsfirst test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Insightsfirst. Insightsfirst 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 Insightsfirst, 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 in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to Insightsfirst Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next Steps

Once you configure Insightsfirst 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.