Power BI Single Sign-On (SAML SSO)
Power BI SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) solution by miniOrange provides secure Single Sign-On access into Power BI using a single set of login credentials. This allows organizations to secure access to their Power BI team and easily manage user access, while also providing a seamless login experience for users.
With miniOrange Power BI SSO, you can:
- Enable your users to automatically login to Power BI
- Have centralized and easy access control of the users
- Connect easily with any external identity source like Azure AD, ADFS, Cognito, etc
Get Free Installation Help
miniOrange offers free help through a consultation call with our System Engineers to Install or Setup Power BI SSO solution in your environment with 30-day free trial.
For this, you need to just send us an email at idpsupport@xecurify.com to book a slot and we'll help you in no time.
Supported SSO Features
miniOrange Power BI SAML integration supports the following features:
- SP Initiated SSO Login: Users can access their Power BI account via a URL or bookmark. They will automatically be redirected to the miniOrange portal for login. Once they've signed on, they'll be automatically redirected and logged into Power BI.
- IdP Initiated SSO Login: Users need to login to the miniOrange first , and then click on the Power BI icon on the applications dashboard to access Power BI.(If you have set up any more Identity Sources, you will log in to that platform).
Connect with External Source of Users
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Shibboleth, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more.
Prerequisites
1. Sync On-Premise Active Directory with Microsoft Entra ID
NOTE: If you want to use your On-Premise Active Directory as a user store to Single Sign-On into Power Bi then follow the below steps to sync your AD and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Download the Microsoft Entra ID Connect
- Run the Microsoft Entra ID installer on your domain machine and follow the setup.
2. Verify your UPN Domain in Azure Portal
- In the Azure portal navigate to Microsoft Entra ID >> Custom domain names and click on Add custom domain.
- Enter the full domain name in the right pane that pops up and click on Add domain.
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Add custom domain](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-add-custom-domain.webp)
- A new window will open up with TXT/MX records for the domain. You will have to add the resented entry in your domain name registrar.
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Add domain record](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-add-domain-record.webp)
- Click on verify once you have added the entry
Follow the step-by-step guide given below for Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO)
1. Setup a Custom Branded URL in miniOrange Admin Console
Single Sign-On into Power Bi requires a custom branded URL to be set. Access to miniOrange and connected resources will need to be through the custom branded URL in the format: https://<custom_domain>.xecurify.com/moas
- Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
- Click on Customization in the left menu of the dashboard.
- In Basic Settings, set the Organization Name as the custom_domain name.
- Click Save. Once that is set, the branded login URL would be of the format
https://<custom_domain>.xecurify.com/moas/login
2. Configure Power Bi in miniOrange
- Login into miniOrange Admin Console.
- Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) add app](/images/common-template-saml-images/add-app.webp)
- In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in SAML/WS-FED application type.
![Office 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) choose app type](/images/common-template-saml-images/select-saml-app.webp)
- In the next step, search for Office 365. Click on Office 365 app.
![Office 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) add Office 365 app](/images/office365/search-office365.webp)
- Make sure the SP Entity ID or Issuer is:
urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline
- Make sure the ACS URL is:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/login.srf
- Click on Next.
![Office 365 Single Sign-On (sso) configuration steps](/images/office365/office365-configure-app.webp)
- Configure Name ID based on the User Store you are using:
- Using Active Directory / miniOrange brokering service: Select External IDP Attribute from the dropdown and add objectguid in the text-box that appears.
- Using miniOrange as a User Store: Select Custom Profile Attribute and select a Custom Attribute from the drop-down.
- Set the login policy. You can choose to enable 2FA for login or have users login using a standard username-password.
- Click on Save to configure Office 365.
![Office 365 Single Sign-On (sso) configuration steps](/images/office365/office365-login-policy.webp)
3. Configure Microsoft Online Services
- Click on Select dropdown and choose Metadata.
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Select Metadata](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-select-metadata.webp)
- Click on the Download Federate Domain Script button under "INFORMATION REQUIRED TO AUTHENTICATE VIA EXTERNAL IDPS"
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Download federate domain script button.](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-federate-domain-script-button.webp)
- Enter the domain name that you want to federate and click on Download.
Note: You cannot federate your default "onmicrosoft.com" domain. To federate your Power Bi tenant, you must add a custom domain to Power Bi.
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Download Federate Domain Script](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-download-federate-domain-script.webp)
- After downloading the script, Open PowerShell run the federate_domain script using:
cd ./Downloads
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File federate_domain.ps1
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Run Federate Domain Script](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-run-federate-domain-script.webp)
- Your domain is now federated. Use the commands below to check your federation settings:
Connect-MsolService
Get-MsolDomainFederationService
![Power Bi Single Sign-On (SSO) Verify Federated Domain](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-verify-federated-domain.webp)
4. Test SSO Configuration
1. Using SP initiated login :-
- Go to Office 365 - Power Bi Login and click on sign-in
- You will be redirected to Microsoft Online portal. Here you have to enter the UPN of the user.(It should contain the domain that is federated with miniOrange)
- Now you will be redirected to miniOrange IdP Sign On Page.
![Enter Microsoft UPN for Single Sign-on SSO integration with Office 365](/images/microsoft-apps/microsoft-apps-organization-redirect.webp)
- Enter your login credential and click on Login. You will be automatically logged in to your Office 365 account.
![Entering Office 365 Credentials you have successfully loginto Office 365 using Single Sign-On SSO integration](/images/common/ldapbrokerlogin.png)
2. Using IdP initiated login :-
- Login to your miniOrange Self Service Console as an End User and click on the Office 365 icon on your Dashboard.
- Once you click on Office 365 you don't need to enter credentials again you will be redirected to Office 365 account.
5. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)
miniOrange provides user authentication from various external sources, which can be Directories (like ADFS, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, OpenLDAP, Google, AWS Cognito etc), Identity Providers (like Okta, Shibboleth, Ping, OneLogin, KeyCloak), Databases (like MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL) and many more. You can configure your existing directory/user store or add users in miniOrange.
- Click on External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.
![Power Bi: Configure User Store](/images/common-template-saml-images/add-user-store.webp)
- Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.
![Power Bi: Select AD/LDAP as user store](/images/common-template-saml-images/select-ad-ldap.webp)
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If active directory is behind a firewall, you will need to open the firewall to allow incoming requests to your AD.
- STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION ON PREMISE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in your premise and only allow access to AD inside premises. You will have to download and install miniOrange gateway in your premise.
![Power Bi: Select ad/ldap user store type](/images/common-template-saml-images/ldap-user-store.webp)
- Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
- Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
- Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against LDAP Server URL field.
- Click on Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.
![Power Bi: Configure LDAP server URL Connection](/images/common-template-saml-images/test-ldap-connection.webp)
- In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.
![Power Bi: Configure user bind account domain name](/images/common-template-saml-images/adfs-distinguished-name.webp)
- Enter the valid Bind account Password.
- Click on Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.
![Power Bi: Check bind account credentials](/images/common-template-saml-images/test-bind-account-credentials.webp)
- Search Base is the location in the directory where the search for a user begins. You will get this from the same place you got your Distinguished name.
![Power Bi: Configure user search base](/images/common-template-saml-images/adfs-search-base.webp)
- Select a suitable Search filter from the drop-down menu. If you use User in Single Group Filter or User in Multiple Group Filter, replace the <group-dn> in the search filter with the distinguished name of the group in which your users are present. To use custom Search Filter select "Write your Custom Filter" option and customize it accordingly.
![Power Bi: Select user search filter](/images/common-template-saml-images/adfs-search-filter.webp)
- You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Save button to add user store.
![Power Bi: Activate LDAP options](/images/common-template-saml-images/ldap-options.webp)
Here's the list of the attributes and what it does when we enable it. You can enable/disable accordingly.
Attribute |
Description |
Activate LDAP |
All user authentications will be done with LDAP credentials if you Activate it |
Sync users in miniOrange |
Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP |
Fallback Authentication |
If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange |
Allow users to change password |
This allows your users to change their password. It updates the new credentials in your LDAP server |
Enable administrator login |
On enabling this, your miniOrange Administrator login authenticates using your LDAP server |
Show IdP to users |
If you enable this option, this IdP will be visible to users |
Send Configured Attributes |
If you enable this option, then only the attributes configured below will be sent in attributes at the time of login |
- Click on Save. After this, it will show you the list of User stores. Click on Test Connection to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.
![Power Bi: Test AD/Ldap connection](/images/common-template-saml-images/ldap-test-connections.webp)
- On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.
- Click on Test Attribute Mapping.
![Power Bi LDAP successful connection](/images/common-template-saml-images/attribute-mapping.webp)
- Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.
![Power Bi: Fetch mapped attributes for user](/images/common-template-saml-images/active-directory-fetched-attributes.webp)
- After successful Attribute Mapping Configuration, go back to the ldap configuration and enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP.
Refer our guide to setup LDAPS on windows server.
User Import and Provisioning from AD
- Go to Settings >> Product Settings in the Customer Admin Account.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for miniOrange dashboard](/images/template-images/switch-to-settings.webp)
- Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Enable User Auto Registration](/images/common/enable-user-auto-register.webp)
- (Optional) To send a welcome email to all the end users that will be imported, enable the "Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration" option and click Save.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for Enable sending Welcome Emails after user registration](/images/common/enable-sending-welcome-emails-after-user-registration.webp)
- From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync/Provisioning](/images/vpn-template/vpn-user-sync.webp)
- In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application drop-down.
- Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync Active Directory Configuration](/images/template-images/ad-user-sync.webp)
- On the same section, switch to Import Users section.
- Select Active Directory from the dropdown and click on the Import Users tab, to import all the users from Active Directory to miniOrange.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User Sync Import Operation](/images/template-images/import-users.webp)
- You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.
![MFA/Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) for User List](/images/template-images/check-users-list.webp)
- All the imported users will be auto registered.
- These groups will be helpful in adding multiple 2FA policies on the applications.
miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.
Troubleshooting
How can I trace and export the SAML tracer logs?
External References
- Microsoft Apps + miniOrange
- PowerBi 2FA/MFA configuration