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

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

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

Scenario description

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

  • ScreenPal supports onlly SP initiated SSO.
  • ScreenPal 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 ScreenPal into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add ScreenPal 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 ScreenPal in the search box.
  4. Select ScreenPal 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 ScreenPal

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ScreenPal 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 ScreenPal.

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

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://screencast-o-matic.com/<InstanceName>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact ScreenPal 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, 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.

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

    Screenshot shows to 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 ScreenPal.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > ScreenPal.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure ScreenPal SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your ScreenPal company site as an administrator

  2. Click Authentication on left navigation and perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the "Access Page" section.

    1. Turn on the SAML Authentication toggle.

    2. In Upload IDP Metadata File, Click Choose File and upload the metadata which you have downloaded previously.

    3. Download the Metadata XML file from the ScreenPal SAML Info.

    4. Click Save.

  3. Under SAML User Access move the toggle to the On position, which forces your users to login via SAML. Once enabled, you will see additional settings for setting up communication between ScreenPal and the ADFS identity provider.

  4. Download the metadata XML file under ScreenPal SAML Info and Under Upload IDP Metadata XML File, Click Choose File to upload the metadata which you have downloaded previously.

Create ScreenPal test user

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

Test SSO

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

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

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure ScreenPal 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.