Azure AD SAML

Learn how to configure a connection to Azure AD via SAML.

Note: We call it "Azure AD", but Microsoft has renamed Azure AD to the (currently) not yet widely known "Entra ID". We are using Azure AD because in our experience most people still call it that, even after the renaming 😀 .

Introduction

Each SSO Identity Provider requires specific information to create and configure a new connection. Often, the information required to create a connection will differ by Identity Provider.

To create a Azure AD SAML connection, you’ll need:

• the ACS URL (provided by Daito)

• a SP Entity ID (provided by Datio),

• Admin-level access to your Azure AD tenant

• the App Federation Metadata URL (can be found in your Azure AD tenant)

Start by logging into Daito and selecting “Settings”, then "SAML SSO" from the left hand navigation bar.

What Daito Provides

Daito provides the ACS URL and IdP URI (Entity ID). It’s readily available in your connection settings in the Daito settings.

The ACS URL is the location an Identity Provider redirects its authentication response to. In Azure AD’s case, it needs to be set by the organization when configuring your application in their Azure AD instance.

Specifically, the ACS URL will need to be set as the “Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)” in the “Basic SAML Configuration” step of the Azure AD “Set up Single Sign-On with SAML” wizard:

The Entity ID is a URI used to identify the issuer of a SAML request, response, or assertion. In this case, the entity ID is used to communicate that Daito will be the party performing SAML requests to the organization's Azure AD instance.

Specifically, the Entity ID will need to be set as the “Identifier (Entity ID)” in the “Basic SAML Configuration” step of the Azure AD “Set up Single Sign-On with SAML” wizard.

What you’ll need

In order to integrate you’ll need the Azure AD IdP Metadata URL.

Normally, this information will come from the organization's IT Management team when they set up your application’s SAML 2.0 configuration in their Azure admin dashboard. Here’s how to obtain them:

1) Log in

Log in to the Azure Active Directory Admin dashboard. Select “Enterprise Applications” from the list of Azure services.

2) Select or create your application

Create a SAML Application in Azure by selecting “New Application”.

3) Initial SAML Application Setup

Select “Create your own application”, then enter a descriptive app name. Under “What are you looking to do with your application?”, select “Integrate any other application you don’t find in the gallery (Non-gallery)”, then select “Create”.

Select “Single Sign-On” from the “Manage” section in the left sidebar navigation menu, and then “SAML”.

4) Configure SAML Application

Click the Edit icon in the top right corner of the first step "Basic SAML Configuration".

Input the SP Entity ID from Daito as the “Identifier (Entity ID)”. Input the ACS URL from your Daito settings as the “Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)”.

5) Configure User Attributes and Claims

Click the Edit icon in the top right corner of the second step "Attributes & Claims".

Make sure the following attribute mapping is set:

• Unique User Identifier (Name ID) → user.userprincipalname

• http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress → user.mail

• http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname → user.givenname

• http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name → user.userprincipalname

• http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname → user.surname

These mappings translate the field names in your Azure AD tenant to the field names used in Daito.
If these are incorrectly configured you will get errors about "claims" or "attributes" not matching.

6) Add Users to SAML Application

In order for your users or groups of users to be authenticated, you will need to assign them to your Azure AD SAML application. Select “Users and groups” from the “Manage” section of the navigation menu.

Select “Add user/group” from the top menu.

Select “None selected” under the “Users and Groups”. In the menu, select the users and groups of users that you want to add to the SAML application, and click “Select”.

Select “Assign” to add the selected users and groups of users to your SAML application.

7) Obtain Identity Provider Details

Select “Single Sign-On” from the “Manage” section in the left sidebar navigation menu.

Navigate down to Section 3 of the “Single Sign-On” page, to “SAML Signing Certificate”. Copy the url provided in “App Federation Metadata URL”.

Next, in Daito within your SAML settings under "Idp Metadata URL" enter the Azure metadata URL.

Now make sure to save by clicking "Save SAML SSO Configuration".

Enable your Azure AD SAML configuration

Your SAML configuration(s) will be disabled by default and need to be explicitly enabled. Make sure to do this after finishing the configuration.

Login to Daito via SAML SSO

With SAML SSO configured and enabled, perform the first login via SAML SSO. There are two options for this:

Go to https://app.daito.io/login and click on "Login with SSO", or

Go to https://<yourteamslug>.daito.io/sso and login

Then choose your account, login via your identity provider and you are in.