Configure BIS for Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID

In this article, you learn how to integrate BIS with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate BIS with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:

• A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
• One of the following roles:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• BIS single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

• BIS supports SP initiated SSO.

• BIS supports Just In Time user provisioning.

Add BIS from the gallery

To configure the integration of BIS into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add BIS 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > New application.
3. In the Add from the gallery section, type BIS in the search box.
4. Select BIS 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 BIS

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with BIS 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 BIS.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with BIS, 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 BIS SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create BIS test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in BIS that's 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 Entra ID > Enterprise apps > BIS > 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, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

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

   In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://www.bistrainer.com/sso/biscr.cfm

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.

   

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

   

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure BIS SSO

To configure single sign-on on BIS side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to BIS support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create BIS test user

In this section, a user called B.Simon is created in BIS. BIS supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in BIS, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

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

SP initiated:

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to BIS Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

• Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the BIS for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you select the BIS 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 BIS for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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