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title: 'Tutorial: Azure Active Directory single sign-on (SSO) integration with Meraki Dashboard | Microsoft Docs'
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description: Learn how to configure single sign-on between Azure Active Directory and Meraki Dashboard.
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services: active-directory
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documentationCenter: na
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author: jeevansd
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manager: mtillman
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ms.reviewer: barbkess
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ms.assetid: 09766236-5de0-43fd-8950-5316390ce646
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ms.service: active-directory
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ms.subservice: saas-app-tutorial
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ms.workload: identity
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ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
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ms.topic: tutorial
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ms.date: 04/17/2020
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ms.author: jeedes
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ms.collection: M365-identity-device-management
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---
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# Tutorial: Azure Active Directory single sign-on (SSO) integration with Meraki Dashboard
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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Meraki Dashboard with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Meraki Dashboard with Azure AD, you can:
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* Control in Azure AD who has access to Meraki Dashboard.
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* Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Meraki Dashboard with their Azure AD accounts.
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* Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.
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To learn more about SaaS app integration with Azure AD, see [What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/what-is-single-sign-on).
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## Prerequisites
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To get started, you need the following items:
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* An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a [free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/).
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* Meraki Dashboard single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
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## Scenario description
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In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.
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* Meraki Dashboard supports **IDP** initiated SSO
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* Once you configure Meraki Dashboard you can enforce session control, which protect exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real-time. Session control extend from Conditional Access. [Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Cloud App Security](https://docs.microsoft.com/cloud-app-security/proxy-deployment-any-app).
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## Adding Meraki Dashboard from the gallery
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To configure the integration of Meraki Dashboard into Azure AD, you need to add Meraki Dashboard from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
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1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com) using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
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1. On the left navigation pane, select the **Azure Active Directory** service.
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1. Navigate to **Enterprise Applications** and then select **All Applications**.
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1. To add new application, select **New application**.
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1. In the **Add from the gallery** section, type **Meraki Dashboard** in the search box.
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1. Select **Meraki Dashboard** from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.
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## Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on for Meraki Dashboard
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Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Meraki Dashboard using a test user called **B.Simon**. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Meraki Dashboard.
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To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Meraki Dashboard, complete the following building blocks:
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1. **[Configure Azure AD SSO](#configure-azure-ad-sso)** - to enable your users to use this feature.
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1. **[Create an Azure AD test user](#create-an-azure-ad-test-user)** - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
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1. **[Assign the Azure AD test user](#assign-the-azure-ad-test-user)** - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
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1. **[Configure Meraki Dashboard SSO](#configure-meraki-dashboard-sso)** - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
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1. **[Create Meraki Dashboard test user](#create-meraki-dashboard-test-user)** - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Meraki Dashboard that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
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1. **[Test SSO](#test-sso)** - to verify whether the configuration works.
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## Configure Azure AD SSO
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Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.
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1. In the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/), on the **Meraki Dashboard** application integration page, find the **Manage** section and select **single sign-on**.
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1. On the **Select a single sign-on method** page, select **SAML**.
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1. On the **Set up single sign-on with SAML** page, click the edit/pen icon for **Basic SAML Configuration** to edit the settings.
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![Edit Basic SAML Configuration](common/edit-urls.png)
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1. On the **Basic SAML Configuration** section, the application is pre-configured and the necessary URLs are already pre-populated with Azure. The user needs to save the configuration by clicking the **Save** button.
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1. Meraki Dashboard application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.
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![image](common/default-attributes.png)
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1. In addition to above, Meraki Dashboard application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.
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| Name | Source Attribute|
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| username | user.userprincipalname |
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| role | user.assignedroles |
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> [!NOTE]
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> To understand how to configure roles in Azure AD, see [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-enterprise-app-role-management).
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1. In the **SAML Signing Certificate** section, click **Edit** button to open **SAML Signing Certificate** dialog.
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![Edit SAML Signing Certificate](common/edit-certificate.png)
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1. In the **SAML Signing Certificate** section, copy the **Thumbprint Value** and save it on your computer.
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![Copy Thumbprint value](common/copy-thumbprint.png)
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1. On the **Set up Meraki Dashboard** section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.
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![Copy configuration URLs](common/copy-configuration-urls.png)
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### Create an Azure AD test user
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In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.
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1. From the left pane in the Azure portal, select **Azure Active Directory**, select **Users**, and then select **All users**.
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1. Select **New user** at the top of the screen.
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1. In the **User** properties, follow these steps:
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1. In the **Name** field, enter `B.Simon`.
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1. In the **User name** field, enter the [email protected]. For example, `[email protected]`.
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1. Select the **Show password** check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the **Password** box.
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1. Click **Create**.
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### Assign the Azure AD test user
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In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Meraki Dashboard.
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1. In the Azure portal, select **Enterprise Applications**, and then select **All applications**.
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1. In the applications list, select **Meraki Dashboard**.
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1. In the app's overview page, find the **Manage** section and select **Users and groups**.
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![The "Users and groups" link](common/users-groups-blade.png)
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1. Select **Add user**, then select **Users and groups** in the **Add Assignment** dialog.
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![The Add User link](common/add-assign-user.png)
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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.
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1. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the **Select Role** dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the **Select** button at the bottom of the screen.
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1. In the **Add Assignment** dialog, click the **Assign** button.
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## Configure Meraki Dashboard SSO
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1. In a different web browser window, sign into meraki dashboard as an administrator.
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1. Navigate to **Organization** -> **Settings**.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/configure1.png)
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1. Under Authentication, change **SAML SSO** to **SAML SSO enabled**.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/configure2.png)
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1. Click **Add a SAML IdP**.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/configure3.png)
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1. Paste the **Thumbprint** Value, which you have copied from the Azure portal into **X.590 cert SHA1 fingerprint** textbox. Then click **Save**.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/configure4.png)
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### Create Meraki Dashboard test user
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1. In a different web browser window, sign into meraki dashboard as an administrator.
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1. Navigate to **Organization** -> **Administrators**.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/user1.png)
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1. In the SAML administrator roles section, click the **Add SAML role** button.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/user2.png)
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1. Enter the Role **meraki_full_admin**, mark **Organization access** as **Full** and click **Create role**. Repeat the process for **meraki_readonly_admin**, this time mark **Organization access** as **Read-only** box.
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![Meraki Dashboard Configuration](./media/meraki-dashboard-tutorial/user3.png)
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## Test SSO
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In this section, you test your Azure AD single sign-on configuration using the Access Panel.
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When you click the Meraki Dashboard tile in the Access Panel, you should be automatically signed in to the Meraki Dashboard for which you set up SSO. For more information about the Access Panel, see [Introduction to the Access Panel](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/active-directory-saas-access-panel-introduction).
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## Additional resources
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- [ List of Tutorials on How to Integrate SaaS Apps with Azure Active Directory ](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/active-directory-saas-tutorial-list)
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- [What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory? ](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/active-directory-appssoaccess-whatis)
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- [What is conditional access in Azure Active Directory?](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview)
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- [Try Meraki Dashboard with Azure AD](https://aad.portal.azure.com/)
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- [What is session control in Microsoft Cloud App Security?](https://docs.microsoft.com/cloud-app-security/proxy-intro-aad)
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- [How to protect Meraki Dashboard with advanced visibility and controls](https://docs.microsoft.com/cloud-app-security/proxy-intro-aad)
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