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SharePoint On-premise Single Sign-On SSO

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This document assumes that you are already familiar with the Sharepoint and have an experience in configuring federation across Sharepoint and other Microsoft applications.
Sharepoint supports the WS-Federation protocol for communicating between compliant federation services (miniOrange, AD FS etc.) It requires the use of a Sharepoint Gateway, which acts like an intermediary between miniOrange and Sharepoint and translates SAML 2.0 messages to WS-Federation messages.

miniOrange and SharePoint On-premise Single Sign-On (SSO) integration supports the following features:

• SP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)
• IdP Initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)

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 Applicaton button.



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



• Select Custom SAML App.



• Enter the following information in the respective fields.

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 IdP is the primary authentication source, use the (Information required to set miniOrange as IDP) option.



• If Active Directory is the primary authentication source, use the (Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs) option.



• The above information can be used to configure the Sharepoint Gateway. For that, edit the SamlConstants.php in the Sharepoint Gateway.

/*ACS FOR SAML RESPONSE FROM MINIORANGE */  
public static $acs = '';

/*ISSUER OF SAML REQUEST TO MINIORANGE*/
public static $issuer = '';

/*SAML LOGIN URL*/
public static $saml_login_url = '';
public static $saml_logout_url = '';

/*SAML SP ENTITY ID*/
public static $idp_entity_id ='';

/*X.509 CERTIFICATE*/
public static $signingPublicKey ='-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----';                                                

3. Configure Sharepoint Website in the Sharepoint Gateway

After the above steps, we are able to get the SAML connection with the miniOrange IdP. The next steps involve configuring the Sharepoint Gateway with the details of the Sharepoint website.

• Open up the WsFedConstants.php file and edit the following information:

         
  public static $aud = 'http(s)://<Base URL of the Sharepoint website>/_trust/';
  public static $issuer = 'randomuuid'; //Can be any random Issuer ID. Needs to be used in the PowerShell script as well
  public static $ctx = 'http(s)://<Base URL of Sharepoint Website>';
        
                                      

• Once this is done, the Sharepoint Gateway can send valid authentication messages to the Sharepoint website.

4. Configure external Authentication Providers in Sharepoint

• Execute the MO-SP-demo.ps1 in Powershell with the following arguments.

          
.\MO-SP-demo.ps1 -identifierClaimType "Email" -certPath "<path>\miniorange.cert"
-realm "urn:miniorange:sharepoint:randomuuid" -signInURL "<server>/sharepointgateway/login.php"
                                        
                                      

• The following need to be replaced by actual values:

          
              -certPath: <path> needs to be replaced by the location of the miniorange.cert file.
              -realm: This is the value of the $issuer configured in the previous step.
              -signInURL: <server> needs to be the hostname of the Sharepoint Gateway.
         
          

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

5. 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.



• Check miniOrange under Trusted Identity Providers and click on Save.



• Add certificate in the Trusted Root, by downloading the below object:

                                
              $root = New-Object
              System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2("<certificate-path>"")
              New-SPTrustedRootAuthority -Name "miniOrange Token SigningRoot Authority"-Certificate $root
           
                                                  
                                                

• 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.

6. Configure Your User Directory (Optional)

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 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 >> 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 On Boarding 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 User Stores >> Add User Store in the left menu of the dashboard.



• Select User Store type as AD/LDAP.



1. 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.
2. 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.




• 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.



• In Active Directory, go to the properties of user containers/OU's and search for Distinguished Name attribute.



• Enter the valid Bind account Password.
• Click on 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. To use custom Search Filter select "Custom Search Filter" option and customize it accordingly.



• 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.




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
Backup 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 Configuration 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.
• Click on Test Attribute Mapping.



• Enter a valid Username. Then, click on Test. Mapped Attributes corresponding to the user are fetched.



• 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 in the Customer Admin Account.



• Enable the "Enable User Auto Registration" option and click Save.



• (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.



• From the Left-Side menu of the dashboard select Provisioning.



• In Setup Provisioning tab select Active Directory in the Select Application Drop Down.
• Toggle the Import Users tab, click on Save button.



• 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.



• You can view all the Users you have imports by selecting Users >> User List from Left Panel.



• 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.

• 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.

External References

1. Configure Authentication Providers On Web Applications In SharePoint