Azure AD Configuration
Login to Azure Active Directory with a user who has required administrative rights and follow the below steps for creating a Single Connect application for SAML SSO.
- New Application.
- Create your Own application.
- Give a name for Single Connect.
- Go into the newly created Single Connect Application.
- Choose Single Sign-on on the left pane.
- Choose SAML.
- Click edit for Basic SAML Configuration.
- Enter the below information according to Single Connect Information.
- Note that the IP address of the Single Connect will change according to your environment.
- Go to Step 3 for SAML Certificates.
Download the Certificate (Base 64) and open it via notepad. Then copy it inside the notepad. We will paste it to the SAML configuration on Single Connect as SAML X509 Certf. Key
- Go to Step 4 for Single Connect Configurations.
We will copy the above configurations to paste the Single Connect SAML configuration as. The logout URL in Azure will be pasted as Login Remote URL in the SAML configuration. Azure AD Identifier will be pasted as SAML Entity ID in SAML in the SAML configuration.
- Go to Single Connect Properties.
Copy Homepage URL to paste it to SAML URL in the Single Connect SAML configuration.
- And lastly write the Azure portal URL (https://aad.portal.azure.com) as SAML Remote URL in SAML configuration in Single Connect.
At the end of the configuration, we will reach the below screen for Singe Connect
- To test the SSO go to the application on Azure and click Single Sign-on on the left pane then go to step 5, and hit the button Test.
A new, left side page will be open to ask for the user who logins to the application. If this user exists in the application Single Connect you will directly login to Application Single Connect without asking credentials