Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with LearnUpon

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

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

Prerequisites

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

• A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
• LearnUpon single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• LearnUpon supports IDP initiated SSO.

• LearnUpon supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add LearnUpon from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with LearnUpon 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 LearnUpon.

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

   In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<companyname>.learnupon.com/saml/consumer

   Note

   The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Reply URL. Contact LearnUpon Client support team to get the value. 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, locate the THUMBPRINT - This will be added to your LearnUpon SAML Settings.

   

7. On the Set up LearnUpon section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per 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 [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 LearnUpon.

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

1. Open another browser instance and sign in into LearnUpon with an administrator account.

2. Click the settings tab.

   

3. Click Single Sign On - SAML, and then click General Settings to configure SAML settings.

   

4. In the General Settings section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Select Enabled.

   b. Select Version as 2.0.

   c. Select Skip conditions as No.

   d. In the SAML Token Post param name textbox, type the name of request post parameter to the SAML consumer URL indicated above that contains the SAML Assertion to be verified and authenticated - for example SAMLResponse.

   e. In the Name Identifier Format textbox, type the value that indicates where in your SAML Assertion the users identifier (Email address) resides - for example urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress.

   f. In the Identify Provider Location textbox, type the value that indicates where the users are sent to if they click on your uploaded icon from your Azure portal login screen.

   g. In the Sign out URL textbox, paste the Logout URL value, which you copied previously.

   h. Click Manage finger prints, and then upload the finger print of your downloaded certificate.

5. Click User Settings, and then perform the following steps:

   

   a. In the First Name Identifier Format textbox, type the value that tells us where in your SAML Assertion the users firstname resides - for example: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname.

   b. In the Last Name Identifier Format textbox, type the value that tells us where in your SAML Assertion the users lastname resides - for example: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname.

Create LearnUpon test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in LearnUpon. LearnUpon 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 LearnUpon, a new one is created after authentication. If you need to create a user manually, you need to contact LearnUpon support team.

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 LearnUpon for which you set up the SSO.

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

Next steps

Once you configure LearnUpon 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.