Connect Foray ADAMS to Entra ID

Owned by Mont Rothstein
Last updated: Aug 12, 2024
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Entra ID was formerly Azure AD

This article covers connecting the Foray ADAMS solution to an Entra ID Tenant. This connection allows users to login to the Foray ADAMS solution and also allows Foray ADAMS to perform queries necessary to enforce privileges for both data and features.

If Entra ID has not already been connected to your on-premises Active Directory then see Entra ID Integration with On-Premises Active Directory

App Registration

The first step is to register the Foray ADAMS applications with the Entra ID tenant. App registration does the following:

  • Set the URLs - the URLs users will be taken to for the application

  • Enable Authentication - allow the Foray ADAMS applications to authenticate users

  • Grant query access - allow the Foray ADAMS applications to query the target Entra ID tenant for user information and group membership.

  • Enable Adams Bridge - Adams Bridge is a Click Once application, installed by Adams Web, that enables interaction with the user's desktop for exports and processing.

To complete these steps you will need the following information from Foray:

  • Adams Admin - Redirect URI

  • Adams Admin - Front-channel Logout URL

  • Adams Web - Web Redirect URI

  • Adams Web - Single-page application Redirect URI

  • Adams Web - Front-channel Logout URL

The provided URLs may not be accessible when this configuration is performed. The configuration can still be completed.

Most of the following sections will be performed for each application. Sections only applicable to certain applications are noted. The applications are: Foray Adams Admin, Foray Adams Web, and Foray Adams Clients. Register the apps in this order all the way through. Some steps require earlier registrations to be completed.

Be sure to perform all of the registration steps for each app before moving to the next app. The steps start with Register new application and go through Grant API permissions.

Register new application

  1. Open the Azure Portal

  2. Navigate to Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)

  3. App registrations

  4. New registration

  5. Name - Foray Adams Admin, Foray Adams Web, or Foray Adams Clients

    This name is visible to end users. You may use a different name if you chose. If so you will need to identify that name later in these steps. You can change this name later.

  6. Supported account types: Accounts in this organizational directory only

  7. Redirect URI

    1. Adams Admin

      1. Web

      2. This URL will be provided by Foray. It will be similar to:
        Example

        https://web01.myagency.foray.com/AdamsAdmin/Account/Login

    2. Adams Web

      1. Web

      2. This URL will be provided by Foray. It will be similar to:
        Example

        https://web01.myagency.foray.com/AdamsWeb/Login.aspx

    3. Adams Clients

      1. Select "Public client/native (mobile & desktop)" from the dropdown

        1. Enter the value: 

          https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient

    4. Click Register

Configure Authentication

Perform these steps for each of the applications registered.

  1. Select the application to be configured

  2. Authentication

  3. For Adams Admin

    1. Front-channel Logout URL

      1. This URL is provided by Foray for logout. It will be similar to:

        Example

    2. Implicit grant and hybrid flows - check ID Tokens

  4. For Adams Web

    1. Click Add a platform

      1. Select Single-page application

      2. Enter the Redirect URI provided by Foray. It will be similar to:
        Example

      3. Configure

    2. Front-channel Logout URL

      1. This URL is provided by Foray for logout. It will be similar to:
        Example

    3. Implicit grant and hybrid flows

      1. Check Access tokens

      2. Check ID tokens

  5. Supported account types: Accounts in this organizational directory only

  6. Allow public client flows - Enable the following mobile and desktop flow

    1. Adams Admin and Adams Web: NO

    2. Adams Clients - YES

  7. Click Save

Configure Certificates & Secrets - Adams Admin and Adams Web Only

  1. Select the application to be configured

  2. Certificates & secrets

  3. Click New client secret

  4. Description: For MS Graph access

  5. Expires: Choose a time frame and set yourself a reminder to renew. Foray will need a new secret before this secret expires.

  6. Click Add

  7. Copy the secret value

  8. This value must be provided to Foray

Configure API Permissions

Perform these steps for each of the applications registered.

  1. Select the application to be configured

  2. API permissions

  3. Click Add a permission

  4. Click Microsoft Graph

  5. Select Delegated permissions

  6. Under Permission check openid - Required for authentication

  7. Under Permission check profile - Enables access to a user's name, userid, and other basic info.

  8. User.Read will already be checked, leave it checked - Required for authentication

  9. Adams Admin and Adams Web only

    1. Select Application permissions

    2. Navigate to and check Directory.Read.All - This provides access to groups so that privileges can be applied per group.

    3. Navigate to and check User.Read.All - This provides access to user info such as name and email.

  10. Adams Web only (added in 6.2)

    1. Select Application permissions

    2. Navigate to and check GroupMember.ReadWrite.All - This allows adding of external users to the external users group.

    3. Navigate to and check User.Invite.All - This allows external user account to be created.

  11. Foray Adams Clients only

    1. Select Delegated permissions

    2. Navigate to and check Directory.Read.All - This provides access to list users in groups

  12. Click Add permissions

  13. Add API for Foray Adams Clients only - This can not be done until the Adams Web application registration is complete (all the way to the bottom of this KB)

    1. Click Add a permission

    2. Click APIs my organization uses (above Microsoft Graph)

    3. Select Foray Adams Web (the name used may be different)

    4. Check BridgeWebApi

    5. Check BridgeSignalR

    6. Click Add permissions

  14. Click Grant admin consent

    1. Select Yes

Configure Manifest

Perform these steps for each of the applications registered.

  1. Select the application to be configured

  2. Manifest

  3. Find and edit "groupMembershipClaims". Change null to "SecurityGroup" (including the quotes)

  4. Adams Admin and Adams Web Only

    1. Find and edit "homePageUrl" (near bottom, note this used to be signInUrl). Change null to the URL provided by Foray for the application. The quotes around the URL are necessary.
      Example Sign In URLs

  5. Click Save

Expose API - Adams Web Only

  1. Select the Foray Adams Web app registration (the registered name may be different)

  2. Expose an API

  3. Add Bridge Web API Scope - For the export and processing of assets

    1. Click Add a scope

    2. Accept the auto generated URI and click Save and Continue

    3. Scope name: BridgeWebApi

    4. Who can consent? Admins only

    5. Admin consent display name: Bridge Web API

    6. Admin consent description: Used to export and process assets

    7. State: Enabled

    8. Click Add scope

  4. Add Bridge SignalR API Scope - For communicating with Adams Web

    1. Click Add a scope

    2. Scope name: BridgeSignalR

    3. Who can consent? Admins only

    4. Admin consent display name: Bridge SignalR API

    5. Admin consent description: Used to communicate with Adams Web

    6. State: Enabled

    7. Click Add scope

  5. Add Adams Web APIs Scope - For communication with the server

    1. Click Add a scope

    2. Scope name: AdamsWebApis

    3. Who can consent? Admins only

    4. Admin consent display name: Adams Web APIs

    5. Admin consent description: Allow access to Adams Web APIs

    6. State: Enabled

    7. Click Add scope

Grant API Permissions - Adams Clients Only

  1. Select the Foray Adams Clients application (the registered name may be different)

  2. Select Overview

  3. Point at the the Application (client) ID, an icon will appear to the left of the value, click the icon to copy.

  4. Navigate back to Entra ID

  5. Select App registrations

  6. Select the Foray Adams Web app registration (the registered name may be different)

  7. Select Expose an API

  8. Select Add a client application

  9. In the Client ID box, paste the Foray Adams Clients' Application (client) ID copied earlier

  10. Check the BirdgeSignalR and BridgeWebApi scope boxes (these were created in the Expose API for Adams Bridge step)

  11. Add application

If you have not yet registered Adams Web, Adams Admin, and Adams Clients then go back up to Register New Application.

Enterprise Applications

Now that the applications are registered the next step is to add them as Enterprise Applications. This does the following:

  • Makes the application visible in the portal for users that have access.

The following steps must be completed for Foray Adams Admin, Foray Adams Web, and Foray Adams Clients. 

Add Enterprise Application

  1. Navigate to Entra ID

  2. Select Enterprise applications

  3. Select the application

  4. Properties

  5. Enabled for users to sign-in? Yes

     

    If the system is not yet available this can be set to No. If so users added will not have access until this is changed to Yes.

  6. Logo - Use the following logos.

    1. Adams Admin 

    2. Adams Web 

      ForayAdamsWeb_256.png

    3. Adams Clients (no logo necessary)

      For a background (corners) color other than white please contact Foray Support.

  7. User assignment required? No

  8. Visible to users?

    1. Adams Admin and Adams Web: Yes

      Yes means this application will show in the user's Access Panel for users that have access. No means it will not show in the user's Access Panel even for users that have access.

    2. Adams Clients: No - Client applications should not be visible in their Access Panel as there is no direct access to them.

  9. Click Save.

Next Steps

The Foray ADAMS applications are now configured. The next step is to send the Entra ID Integration Client Data to Foray.

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