Azure-AD

Setting up Azure Active Directory is pretty straight-forward, but it helps to know the exact steps to follow, as configuraing SAML can be a bit daunting.

To add Exivity to your Azure AD applications, follow these steps:

In your Azure portal, go to the Azure Active Directory service:

In the sidebar, click Enterprise applications:

Click the New application button:

Click the Non-gallery application button:

Enter a name for the new application (i.e. My Exivity instance) and click the Add button.
Click the Configure single sign-on (required) button:

From the Single Sign-On Mode dropdown list, select SAML-based Sign-on:

Now enter the following details on this page:

The resulting page could look something like this:

Click the Configure [your application name] button:

A new pane will open with instructions. Navigate to the Exivity SAML configuration (see configuration) and copy the following options from the pane in your Azure portal:

The Exivity configuration page could look something like this:

Now unfold the Advanced menu at the bottom of the screen, and paste the following JSON data:

{
  "security": {
    "wantXMLValidation": false
  }
}

Then in Exivity, click the Update button
And in your Azure Portal, click the Save button:

As the last step, enable Single Sign-On in Exivity by navigating to Administration > Configuration and then clicking on the System tab. Make sure the Single Sign-On option is set to Enabled, and click the Update button:

SSO is now configured and enabled, and you can now use Azure AD to login to your Exivity instance. The login screen will look something like this:

And by clicking on the Login button, you'll be taken to the Azure AD login screen. Exivity will receive the Azure AD e-mail address and create a new user with a minimal set of permissions if no existing user is found.

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