Microsoft Entra SSO integration with N2F - Expense reports

In this article, you learn how to integrate N2F - Expense reports with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate N2F - Expense reports with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to N2F - Expense reports.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to N2F - Expense reports 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.

• N2F - Expense reports single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

• N2F - Expense reports supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

Add N2F - Expense reports from the gallery

To configure the integration of N2F - Expense reports into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports in the search box.
4. Select N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with N2F - Expense reports, 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 N2F - Expense reports SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create N2F - Expense reports test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in N2F - Expense reports 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 Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > N2F - Expense reports > 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, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, the user doesn't have to perform any steps as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.

6. Select Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:

   In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://www.n2f.com/app/

7. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, select copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

   

8. On the Set up myPolicies section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per 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 N2F - Expense reports SSO

1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your N2F - Expense reports company site as an administrator.

2. Select Settings and then select Advance Settings from the dropdown.

   

3. Select Account settings tab.

   

4. Select Authentication and then select + Add an authentication method tab.

   

5. Select SAML Microsoft Office 365 as Authentication method.

   

6. On the Authentication method section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. In the Entity ID textbox, paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value, which you copied previously.

   b. In the Metadata URL textbox, paste the App Federation Metadata Url value, which you copied previously.

   c. Select Save.

Create N2F - Expense reports test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to log in to N2F - Expense reports, they must be provisioned into N2F - Expense reports. In the case of N2F - Expense reports, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to your N2F - Expense reports company site as an administrator.

2. Select Settings and then select Advance Settings from the dropdown.

   

3. Select Users tab from left navigation panel.

   

4. Select + New user tab.

   

5. On the User section, perform the following steps:

   

   a. In the Email address textbox, enter the email address of user like brittasimon@contoso.com.

   b. In the First name textbox, enter the first name of user like Britta.

   c. In the Name textbox, enter the name of user like BrittaSimon.

   d. Choose Role, Direct manager (N+1), and Division as per your organization requirement.

   e. Select Validate and send invitation.

   Note

   If you're facing any problems while adding the user, please contact N2F - Expense reports support team

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 N2F - Expense reports Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports 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 N2F - Expense reports for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

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