Adding the SMA Application to Azure Active Directory

After you configure Azure Active Directory (AD) as an SMA Authentication Server, you need to add the SMA application to the Azure AD service.

To add the SMA application to the Azure AD service, do the following

1. Login to Azure Portal.

2. Select Azure Active Directory > Enterprise applications.

3. Click New application> Create your own application.

4. Enter the name of the application, for example, SMA1000 VPN (239), and select Non-gallery application option.

5. Click Create.

6. In the Manage > Self-Service, click Set up single sign on > SAML.

7. Click upload metadata file and browse to upload the .xml file downloaded in Configuring Azure Active Directory as an SMA Authentication Server.

8. Click Addto upload the xml file.

9. Review the Identifier (Entity ID) and Reply URL.

10. Click Save.

11. If needed, under Attributes and Claims, edit the required attributes.

12. Under SAMLCertificates, download the Federation Metadata XML.

    The .xml file is downloaded.

    For the most current information for configuring Azure, refer to

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/view-applications-portal.

13. Go to the SMA application window to configure the SAML Authentication server. See Configuring Azure Active Directory as an SAML Identity provider.