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title: 'Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Birst Agile Business Analytics | Microsoft Docs'
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title: 'Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with Birst Agile Business Analytics'
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description: Learn how to configure single sign-on between Azure Active Directory and Birst Agile Business Analytics.
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services: active-directory
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ms.date: 02/07/2019
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ms.date: 07/08/2022
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# Tutorial: Azure Active Directory integration with Birst Agile Business Analytics
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# Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with Birst Agile Business Analytics
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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Birst Agile Business Analytics with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
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Integrating Birst Agile Business Analytics with Azure AD provides you with the following benefits:
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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Birst Agile Business Analytics with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate Birst Agile Business Analytics with Azure AD, you can:
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* You can control in Azure AD who has access to Birst Agile Business Analytics.
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* You can enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Birst Agile Business Analytics (Single Sign-On) with their Azure AD accounts.
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* You can manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.
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If you want to know more details about SaaS app integration with Azure AD, see [What is application access and single sign-on with Azure Active Directory](../manage-apps/what-is-single-sign-on.md).
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If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
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* Control in Azure AD who has access to Birst Agile Business Analytics.
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* Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Birst Agile Business Analytics with their Azure AD accounts.
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* Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.
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## Prerequisites
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To configure Azure AD integration with Birst Agile Business Analytics, you need the following items:
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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 an Azure AD environment, you can get one-month trial [here](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/free-trial/)
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* Birst Agile Business Analytics single sign-on enabled subscription
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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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* Birst Agile Business Analytics single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
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* Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Azure AD.
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For more information, see [Azure built-in roles](../roles/permissions-reference.md).
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## Scenario description
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In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on in a test environment.
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* Birst Agile Business Analytics supports **SP** initiated SSO
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## Adding Birst Agile Business Analytics from the gallery
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To configure the integration of Birst Agile Business Analytics into Azure AD, you need to add Birst Agile Business Analytics from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
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**To add Birst Agile Business Analytics from the gallery, perform the following steps:**
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1. In the **[Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com)**, on the left navigation panel, click **Azure Active Directory** icon.
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## Configure and test Azure AD single sign-on
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In this section, you configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Birst Agile Business Analytics based on a test user called **Britta Simon**.
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For single sign-on to work, a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in Birst Agile Business Analytics needs to be established.
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To configure and test Azure AD single sign-on with Birst Agile Business Analytics, you need to complete the following building blocks:
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> [!NOTE]
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> Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
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1.**[Configure Azure AD Single Sign-On](#configure-azure-ad-single-sign-on)** - to enable your users to use this feature.
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2.**[Configure Birst Agile Business Analytics Single Sign-On](#configure-birst-agile-business-analytics-single-sign-on)** - to configure the Single Sign-On settings on application side.
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3.**[Create an Azure AD test user](#create-an-azure-ad-test-user)** - to test Azure AD single sign-on with Britta Simon.
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4.**[Assign the Azure AD test user](#assign-the-azure-ad-test-user)** - to enable Britta Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
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5.**[Create Birst Agile Business Analytics test user](#create-birst-agile-business-analytics-test-user)** - to have a counterpart of Britta Simon in Birst Agile Business Analytics that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
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6.**[Test single sign-on](#test-single-sign-on)** - to verify whether the configuration works.
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## Add Birst Agile Business Analytics from the gallery
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### Configure Azure AD single sign-on
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In this section, you enable Azure AD single sign-on in the Azure portal.
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1. Sign in to the Azure portal 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 **Birst Agile Business Analytics** in the search box.
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1. Select **Birst Agile Business Analytics** 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 SSO for Birst Agile Business Analytics
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1. In the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/), on the **Birst Agile Business Analytics** application integration page, select **Single sign-on**.
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Configure and test Azure AD SSO with Birst Agile Business Analytics 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 Birst Agile Business Analytics.
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To configure and test Azure AD SSO with Birst Agile Business Analytics, perform the following steps:
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2. On the **Select a Single sign-on method** dialog, select **SAML/WS-Fed** mode to enable single sign-on.
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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 Birst Agile Business Analytics SSO](#configure-birst-agile-business-analytics-sso)** - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
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1.**[Create Birst Agile Business Analytics test user](#create-birst-agile-business-analytics-test-user)** - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Birst Agile Business Analytics 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.
1. In the Azure portal, on the **Birst Agile Business Analytics** 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 pencil icon for **Basic SAML Configuration** to edit the settings.
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In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in Birst Agile Business Analytics. Work with [Birst Agile Business Analytics support team](mailto:[email protected]) to add the users in the Birst Agile Business Analytics platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.
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* Go to Birst Agile Business Analytics Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
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-[List of Tutorials on How to Integrate SaaS Apps with Azure Active Directory](./tutorial-list.md)
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* You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Birst Agile Business Analytics tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Birst Agile Business Analytics Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see [Introduction to the My Apps](../user-help/my-apps-portal-end-user-access.md).
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## Next steps
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Once you configure Birst Agile Business Analytics 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 Cloud App Security](/cloud-app-security/proxy-deployment-aad).
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