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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with My IBISWorld

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

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

Note

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

Scenario description

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

  • My IBISWorld supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
  • My IBISWorld supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with My IBISWorld 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 My IBISWorld.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with My IBISWorld, 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 My IBISWorld SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create My IBISWorld test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in My IBISWorld 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 > My IBISWorld > 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, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode:

    In the Relay State text box, type the URL: RPID=http://fedlogin.ibisworld.com and leave the Sign-on URL text box empty.

  6. Click Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

    Please contact My IBISWorld support team for Sign-on URL from IBISWorld and set it into the Sign-on URL text box.

  7. Click Save.

  8. My IBISWorld 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.

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  9. In addition to above, My IBISWorld 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
    department user.department
    language user.preferredlanguage
    phone user.telephonenumber
    title user.jobtitle
    userid user.employeeid
    country user.country

  10. 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.

    The Certificate download link

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 My IBISWorld.

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

To configure single sign-on on My IBISWorld side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to My IBISWorld support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create My IBISWorld test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in My IBISWorld. My IBISWorld 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 My IBISWorld, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to My IBISWorld Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the My IBISWorld for which you set up the SSO

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the My IBISWorld tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the My IBISWorld 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 My IBISWorld 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.