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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with Everbridge

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Everbridge with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Everbridge with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Everbridge.
  • Allow your users to be automatically signed in to Everbridge with their Microsoft Entra accounts. This access control is called single sign-on (SSO).
  • Manage your accounts in one central location by using the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with Everbridge, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • An Everbridge subscription that uses single sign-on.

Scenario description

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

  • Everbridge supports IDP-initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Everbridge into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Everbridge 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 Everbridge in the search box.
  4. Select Everbridge 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, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Everbridge

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Everbridge 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 Everbridge.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Everbridge, 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 Everbridge SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Everbridge test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Everbridge that is 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 > Everbridge application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

    Note

    Configure the application either as the manager portal or as the member portal on both the Azure portal and the Everbridge portal.

  5. To configure the Everbridge application as the Everbridge manager portal, in the Basic SAML Configuration section, follow these steps:

    a. In the Identifier box, enter a URL that follows the pattern. https://sso.everbridge.net/<API_Name>

    b. In the Reply URL box, enter a URL that follows the pattern. https://manager.everbridge.net/saml/SSO/<API_Name>/alias/defaultAlias

    Note

    These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier and Reply URL values. To get these values, contact the Everbridge support team. You also can refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. To configure the Everbridge application as the Everbridge member portal, in the Basic SAML Configuration section, follow these steps:

  • If you want to configure the application in IDP-initiated mode, follow these steps:

    a. In the Identifier box, enter a URL that follows the pattern https://sso.everbridge.net/<API_Name>/<Organization_ID>

    b. In the Reply URL box, enter a URL that follows the pattern https://member.everbridge.net/saml/SSO/<API_Name>/<Organization_ID>/alias/defaultAlias

  • If you want to configure the application in SP-initiated mode, select Set additional URLs and follow this step:

    a. In the Sign on URL box, enter a URL that follows the pattern https://member.everbridge.net/saml/login/<API_Name>/<Organization_ID>/alias/defaultAlias?disco=true

    Note

    These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, and Sign on URL values. To get these values, contact the Everbridge support team. You also can refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  1. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML. Save it on your computer.

    Certificate download link

  2. In the Set up Everbridge section, copy the URLs you need for your requirements:

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Everbridge.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Everbridge.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Everbridge SSO

To configure SSO on Everbridge as an Everbridge manager portal application, follow these steps.

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to Everbridge as an administrator.

  2. In the menu on the top, select the Settings tab. Under Security, select Single Sign-On for Manager Portal.

    Configure single sign-on

    a. In the Name box, enter the name of the identifier provider. An example is your company name.

    b. In the API Name box, enter the name of the API.

    c. Select Choose File to upload the metadata file that you downloaded.

    d. For SAML Identity Location, select Identity is in the NameIdentifier element of the Subject statement.

    e. In the Identity Provider Login URL box, paste the Login URL value that you copied.

    f. For Service Provider initiated Request Binding, select HTTP Redirect.

    g. Select Save.

Configure Everbridge as Everbridge member portal SSO

To configure single sign-on on Everbridge as an Everbridge member portal, send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML to the Everbridge support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Everbridge test user

In this section, you create the test user Britta Simon in Everbridge. To add users in the Everbridge platform, work with the Everbridge support team. Users must be created and activated in Everbridge before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Everbridge for which you set up the SSO.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Everbridge tile in the My Apps, you should be automatically signed in to the Everbridge for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Everbridge you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.