SharePoint On-Premise Single Sign-On (SAML SSO)

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SharePoint On-Premise SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) solution by miniOrange provides secure Single Sign-On access into SharePoint On-Premise using a single set of login credentials. This allows organizations to secure access to their SharePoint On-Premise team and easily manage user access, while also providing a seamless login experience for users.

With miniOrange SharePoint On-Premise SSO, you can:

• Enable your users to automatically login to SharePoint On-Premise
• Have centralized and easy access control of the users
• Connect easily with any external identity source like Azure AD, ADFS, Cognito, etc

Supported SSO Features

miniOrange SharePoint On-Premise SAML integration supports the following features:

• SP Initiated SSO Login: Users can access their SharePoint On-Premise 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 SharePoint On-Premise.
• IdP Initiated SSO Login: Users need to login to the miniOrange first , and then click on the SharePoint On-Premise icon on the applications dashboard to access SharePoint On-Premise.(If you have set up any more Identity Sources, you will log in to that platform).

Follow the step-by-step guide given below for SharePoint on-premise Single Sign-On (SSO)

1. Configuring SharePoint Gateway in miniOrange-

Please refer to the below screenshot to understand information required to configure SharePoint Gateway as a Custom SAML Application in miniOrange.

• Log into miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps and click on Add Application button.



• In Choose Application Type click on Create App button in SAML/WS-FED application type.



• Search and select Custom WS-Fed App.



• Enter the following information in the respective fields.
• Custom Application Name: Sharepoint
• WT-Realm: http://<YOUR-SHAREPOINT-DOMAIN>/_trust/default.aspx
• Reply URL: http://<YOUR-SHAREPOINT-DOMAIN>/_trust/



• Under Attribute Mapping section, enter the following attibutes as shown below:



• Click on Save.

2. SharePoint Gateway Connection with miniOrange IdP

After the above steps, we are able to get the SAML connection information to connect the SharePoint Gateway to the miniOrange IdP. This steps allows the SharePoint Gateway to send authentication requests to the miniOrange IdP.

• Navigate to the Apps section in miniOrange. Locate the SharePoint Gateway application created in the above step and click on Metadata under the Select dropdown.



• If miniOrange is the Primary Authentication source, set it as the same in External Directories.
• If Active Directory is the primary authentication source, use the Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs option.

3. Configure external Authentication Providers in SharePoint

• Download and open the certificate, click on Details->Copy to File->Base-64 encoded X.509.
• Export the certificate and save it on Sharepoint machine.
• Download the setup.ps1
• Execute the setup.ps1 in Administrator Sharepoint Powershell.
  [Note: If you encounter an issue, try running this command: Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass.
  After this, again execute the setup.ps1 in Administrator Sharepoint Powershell.]
• Once executed, continue with the following arguments:
  • SignIn URL: WS-Federation Reply URL from metadata.
  • Enter Realm: http://<YOUR-SHAREPOINT-DOMAIN>/_trust/default.aspx



• Once this is done, the Authentication Provider is created.

4. Enable the Authentication Provider for login into the SharePoint website

To enable the SharePoint Gateway, login into the SharePoint Central Administration with an admin user.

• Navigate to the Security section in the SharePoint Central Administration.
• Click on Specify Authentication Providers.



• Make sure to select the correct Web Application for the configuration.



• Click on Default. This will open the window shown below.
• Check miniOrange under Trusted Identity Providers and click on Save.



• After this, you can test the login for the website. Upon accessing the website, you should see the following dropdown.



• Clicking on miniOrange will take you to the miniOrange login screen.



• After entering valid credentials, you will be signed-in into the SharePoint website.

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.

• Setup miniOrange as IDP
• Setup AD as User Directory
• Setup External IDP

• To add your users in miniOrange there are 2 ways:

1. Create User in miniOrange

2. Bulk Upload Users

1. Create User in miniOrange

• Click on Users >> User List >> Add User.



• Here, fill the user details without the password and then click on the Create User button.



• After successful user creation a notification message "An end user is added successfully" will be displayed at the top of the dashboard.



• Click on Onboarding Status tab. Check the email, with the registered e-mail id and select action Send Activation Mail with Password Reset Link from Select Action dropdown list and then click on Apply button.



• Now, Open your email id. Open the mail you get from miniOrange and then click on the link to set your account password.
• On the next screen, enter the password and confirm password and then click on the Single Sign-On (SSO) reset password button.



• Now, you can log in into miniOrange account by entering your credentials.

2. Bulk Upload Users in miniOrange via Uploading CSV File.

• Navigate to Users >> User List. Click on Add User button.



• In Bulk User Registration Download sample csv format from our console and edit this csv file according to the instructions.



• To bulk upload users, choose the file make sure it is in comma separated .csv file format then click on Upload.



• After uploading the csv file successfully, you will see a success message with a link.
• Click on that link you will see list of users to send activation mail. Select users to send activation mail and click on Send Activation Mail. An activation mail will be sent to the selected users.

• Click on External Directories >> Add Directory in the left menu of the dashboard.



• Select Directory type as AD/LDAP.



• STORE LDAP CONFIGURATION IN MINIORANGE: Choose this option if you want to keep your configuration in miniOrange. If the 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 on your premise.




• Enter LDAP Display Name and LDAP Identifier name.
• Select Directory Type as Active Directory.
• Enter the LDAP Server URL or IP Address against the LDAP Server URL field.
• Click on the Test Connection button to verify if you have made a successful connection with your LDAP server.



• In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for the Distinguished Name attribute. The bind account should have minimum required read privileges in Active Directory to allow directory lookups. If the use case involves provisioning (such as creating, updating, or deleting users or groups), the account must also be granted appropriate write permissions.



• Enter the valid Bind account Password.
• Click on the Test Bind Account Credentials button to verify your LDAP Bind credentials for LDAP connection.



• 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.



• 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.



• Click on the Next button, or go to the Authentication tab.
• You can also configure following options while setting up AD. Enable Activate LDAP in order to authenticate users from AD/LDAP. Click on the Next button to add user store.




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
Fallback Authentication	If LDAP credentials fail then user will be authenticated through miniOrange
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
Sync users in miniOrange	Users will be created in miniOrange after authentication with LDAP

• Click on the Next button, or go to the Provisioning tab.

User Import and Provisioning from AD

• If you want to set up provisioning, click here for detailed information. For now, we are skipping this step by clicking Skip on Provisioning.

Attributes Mapping from AD

• By default userName, firstName, lastName, email are configured. Scroll down and click on Save Configurations. To fetch additional attributes from Active Directory, enable Send Configured Attributes. On the left side, enter the name that you wish to release to the applications. On the right side, enter the attribute name from Active Directory. E.g., if you wish to fetch company attribute from Active Directory, and send it as organization to configured applications, enter the following:

  Attribute Name sent to SP = organization
  Attribute Name from IDP = company

Test Connections

• You will see a list of directories in External Directories. Go to the directory you have configured, click Select, then go to Test Connections and click on it.



• Click on Test Connection to check whether you have enter valid details. For that, it will ask for username and password.



• On Successful connection with LDAP Server, a success message is shown.

Test Attribute Mapping

• You will see a list of directories in External Directories. Go to the directory you have configured, click Select, then go to Test Attribute Mapping and click on it.



• A pop-up will appear to add the username. After clicking Test, you will see the Test Attribute Mapping Result.

Set up AD as External Directory configuration is complete.

Note: Refer our guide to setup LDAP on windows server.

miniOrange integrates with various external user sources such as directories, identity providers, and etc.

• Okta
• ADFS
• Ping
• AWS Cognito
• Many more

Not able to find your IdP or Need help setting it up?

Contact us or email us at idpsupport@xecurify.com and we'll help you setting it up in no time.

Troubleshooting

External References

1. Microsoft Apps + miniOrange
2. SharePoint SSO integration with cloud environment
3. Enable SAML SSO – Secure & Streamline User Access
4. SharePoint 2FA/MFA configuration