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Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Zoom for Government

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Zoom for Government.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Zoom for Government with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Zoom for Government, you need:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Zoom for Government single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • Zoom for Government supports only SP initiated SSO.
  • Zoom for Government supports Just In Time user provisioning.

To configure the integration of Zoom for Government into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Zoom for Government 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 Zoom for Government in the search box.
  4. Select Zoom for Government 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, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Zoom for Government

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Zoom for Government 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 Zoom for Government.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Zoom for Government, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Microsoft Entra ID test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
  2. Configure Zoom for Government SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Zoom for Government test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Zoom for Government that is linked to the Microsoft Entra ID representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Zoom for Government > 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 how to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CustomerName>.zoomgov.com

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CustomerName>.zoomgov.com

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CustomerName>.zoomgov.com

    d. In the Logout URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CustomerName>.zoomgov.com

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, Sign on URL and Logout URL. Contact Zoom for Government support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  6. Zoom for Government 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.

    Screenshot shows the image of attributes configuration.

  7. In addition to above, Zoom for Government 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
    mail user.mail
    phone user.telephonenumber
    department user.department
    role user.assignedroles
    groups user.groups

    Note

    Please click here to know how to configure Role in Microsoft Entra ID.

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

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  9. On the Set up Zoom for Government section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration URLs.

Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 ID test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to Zoom for Government.

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

To configure single sign-on on Zoom for Government side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Raw) and appropriate copied URLs from Microsoft Entra admin center to Zoom for Government support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Zoom for Government test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Zoom for Government. Zoom for Government 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 Zoom for Government, 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 in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to Zoom for Government Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Zoom for Government tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Zoom for Government Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Zoom for Government 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.