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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with NetMotion Mobility

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to NetMotion Mobility.
  • Enable users to be signed-in with a NetMotion Mobility client 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.
  • NetMotion Mobility 12.50 or later.
  • 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 SSO in a test environment.

  • NetMotion Mobility supports SP initiated SSO.
  • NetMotion Mobility supports Just In Time user provisioning.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with NetMotion Mobility 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 NetMotion Mobility.

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

  1. Configure Mobility for SAML-based Authentication - to enable end users to authenticate using their Microsoft Entra credentials.
  2. 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.
  3. Configure NetMotion Mobility SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create NetMotion Mobility test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in NetMotion Mobility that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
  4. Test SAML-based User Authentication with the Mobility Client - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Mobility for SAML-based Authentication

On the Mobility console, follow the procedures in the Mobility Administrator Guide to accomplish the following:

  1. Create an authentication profile for SAML – to enable a set of Mobility users to use the SAML protocol.
  2. Configure SAML-based user authentication, in Mobility – to set an SP URL and generate the mobilitySPmetadata.xml file which you will later import into Microsoft Entra ID.

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 > NetMotion Mobility > 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 on Upload Metadata file just above the Basic SAML Configuration section to import your mobilitySPMetadata.xml file into Microsoft Entra ID.

    Screenshot shows to choose metadata file.

  5. After importing the metadata file, on the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps to verify that the XML import has been completed successfully:

    a. In the Identifier text box, verify that the URL is using the following pattern, where the variables in the following example URL match those for your Mobility server: https://<YourMobilityServerName>.<CustomerDomain>.<tld>/

    b. In the Reply URL text box, verify that the URL is using the following pattern: https://<YourMobilityServerName>.<CustomerDomain>.<tld>/saml/login

  6. On the Set-up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows 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 NetMotion Mobility.

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

Follow the instructions in the Mobility Administrator Guide for Configuring IdP Settings in the Mobility Console, import the Microsoft Entra metadata file back into your Mobility server and complete the steps for IdP configuration.

  1. Once the Mobility authentication settings are configured, assign them to devices or device groups.
  2. Go to Mobility console > Configure > Client Settings and select the device or device group on the left that will use SAML-based authentication.
  3. Select Authentication - Settings Profile and choose the settings profile you created from the drop-down list.
  4. When you click Apply, the selected device or group is subscribed to the non-default settings.

Create NetMotion Mobility test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in NetMotion Mobility. NetMotion Mobility 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 NetMotion Mobility, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SAML-based User Authentication with the Mobility Client

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra SAML configuration for client authentication.

  1. Follow the guidance in Configuring Mobility Clients, configure a client device that is assigned a SAML-based authentication profile to access the Mobility server pool you have configured for SAML-based authentication and attempt to connect.
  2. If you encounter problems during the test, follow the guidance under Troubleshooting the Mobility Client.