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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Nintex Promapp

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • Nintex Promapp supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

  • Nintex Promapp supports Just In Time user provisioning.

  • Nintex Promapp supports Automated 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 Nintex Promapp into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp in the search box.
  4. Select Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp.

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

    1. In the Identifier box, type one of the following URLs:

      Identifier URL
      https://go.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/
      https://au.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/
      https://us.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/
      https://eu.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/
      https://ca.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/

      Note

      Microsoft Entra integration with Nintex Promapp is currently configured only for service-initiated authentication. (That is, going to a Nintex Promapp URL initiates the authentication process.) But the Reply URL field is a required field.

    2. In the Reply URL box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<DOMAIN_NAME>.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/saml/authenticate.aspx

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

    In the Sign on URL box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<DOMAIN_NAME>.promapp.com/TENANTNAME/saml/authenticate

    Note

    These values are placeholders. You need to use the actual Identifier,Reply URL and Sign on URL. Contact the Nintex Promapp support team to get the values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration dialog box.

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Nintex Promapp section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

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 Nintex Promapp.

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

  1. Sign in to your Nintex Promapp company site as an admin.

  2. In the menu at the top of the window, select Admin:

    Select Admin

  3. Select Configure:

    Select Configure

  4. In the Security dialog box, take the following steps.

    Security dialog box

    1. Paste the Login URL that you copied into the SSO-Login URL box.

    2. In the SSO - Single Sign-on Mode list, select Optional. Select Save.

      Note

      Optional mode is for testing only. After you're happy with the configuration, select Required in the SSO - Single Sign-on Mode list to force all users to authenticate with Microsoft Entra ID.

    3. In Notepad, open the certificate that you downloaded in the previous section. Copy the contents of the certificate without the first line (-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----) or the last line (-----END CERTIFICATE-----). Paste the certificate content into the SSO-x.509 Certificate box, and then select Save.

Create Nintex Promapp test user

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

Nintex Promapp also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

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 Nintex Promapp Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp 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 Nintex Promapp 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.