Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with TimeOffManager

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

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

• TimeOffManager supports IDP initiated SSO.

• TimeOffManager supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add TimeOffManager from the gallery

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with TimeOffManager 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 TimeOffManager.

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

   In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://www.timeoffmanager.com/cpanel/sso/consume.aspx?company_id=<companyid>

   Note

   This value is not real. Update this value with the actual Reply URL. You can get this value from Single Sign on settings page which is explained later in the tutorial or Contact TimeOffManager support team. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

6. TimeOffManager 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.

   

7. In addition to above, TimeOffManager 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 requirement.

   Name	Source Attribute
   Firstname	User.givenname
   Lastname	User.surname
   Email	User.mail

8. 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.

   

9. On the Set up TimeOffManager section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on 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 TimeOffManager.

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

1. In a different web browser window, sign into your TimeOffManager company site as an administrator.

2. Go to Account > Account Options > Single Sign-On Settings.

   

3. In the Single Sign-On Settings section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. Open your base-64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy the content of it into your clipboard, and then paste the entire Certificate into X.509 Certificate textbox.

   b. In Idp Issuer textbox, paste the value of Microsoft Entra Identifier..

   c. In IdP Endpoint URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL..

   d. As Enforce SAML, select No.

   e. As Auto-Create Users, select Yes.

   f. In Logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL..

   g. click Save Changes.

4. In Single Sign on settings page, copy the value of Assertion Consumer Service URL and paste it in the Reply URL text box under Basic SAML Configuration section in Azure portal.

   

Create TimeOffManager test user

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

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 TimeOffManager for which you set up the SSO.

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

Next steps

Once you configure TimeOffManager 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 Cloud App Security.