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SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Integration Guide

Introduction

Use this guide to enable Multi-Factor Authentication and Single Sign-on (SSO) access via WS-Federation to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 / 2013.

Prerequisites

1. Have a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 or 2013 account

2. Download the Windows Identity Runtime and contact SecureAuth Support to download the WindowsIdentityFoundation-SDK-4.0.msi file

Copy these to the SecureAuth IdP Appliance and the SharePoint 2010 Servers

Install both starting with the Windows Identity Runtime

Note

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is required to install the WIF SDK

3. Verify that SharePoint site can accept Claims-based Authentication

If not, see Additional SharePoint Configuration Information below for more information regarding the process of extending the site to a new zone and enabling Windows Authentication (NTLM / Kerberos) or Claims-based Authentication

4. Create a New Realm for the SharePoint integration in the SecureAuth IdP Web Admin

5. Configure the following tabs in the Web Admin before configuring the Post Authentication tab:

  • Overview – the description of the realm and SMTP connections must be defined

  • Data – an enterprise directory must be integrated with SecureAuth IdP

  • Workflow – the way in which users will access this application must be defined

  • Multi-Factor Methods – the Multi-Factor Authentication methods that will be used to access this page (if any) must be defined

SecureAuth IdP Configuration Steps

Data

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1. In the Profile Fields section, ensure that mail is appropriately mapped to the SecureAuth IdP Email 1 Property

Warning

Click Save once the configurations have been completed and before leaving the Data page to avoid losing changes

Post Authentication

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2. Select WS-Federation Assertion from the Authenticated User Redirect dropdown in the Post Authentication section

3. An unalterable URL will be auto-populated in the Redirect To field, which will append to the domain name and realm number in the address bar (Authorized/WSFedProvider.aspx)

4. A customized post authentication page can be uploaded, but it is not required

User ID Mapping

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5. Select the SecureAuth IdP Property that corresponds to the directory field that contains the mail attribute (Email 1)

6. Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress from the Name ID Format dropdown

7. Select False from the Encode to Base64 dropdown

SAML Assertion / WS Federation

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8. Set the WSFed Reply To/SAML Target URL to the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the SharePoint application, followed by /_trust/, e.g. https://sharepoint.company.com/_trust/

9. Set the WSFed/SAML Issuer to the FQDN of the SecureAuth IdP appliance, followed by the realm number of the realm created for this integration, e.g. https://secureauth.company.com/secureauth2

10. Select False from the Sign SAML Assertion dropdown

11. Select True from the Sign SAML Message dropdown

12. Select False from the Encrypt SAML Assertion dropdown

Note

No configuration is required for the SAML Consumer URL, SAML Recipient, SAML Audience, or SP Start URL fields

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13. Leave the Signing Cert Serial Number as the default value, unless there is a third-party certificate being used for the SAML assertion

If using a third-party certificate, click Select Certificate and choose the appropriate certificate

14. Download the Assertion Signing Certificate to use for the SharePoint integration

SAML Attributes / WS Federation

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15. Set the Name of Attribute 1 to EmailAddress

16. Set the Namespace (1.1) to http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress

17. Select Email 1 (or the field that contains mail) from the Value dropdown

18. Set the Name of Attribute 2 to Role

19. Set the Namespace (1.1) to http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/role

20. Select Group List from the Format dropdown

21. Select GroupList from the Value dropdown

Warning

Click Save once the configurations have been completed and before leaving the Post Authentication page to avoid losing changes

Forms Auth / SSO Token

Optionally, in the Forms Auth / SSO Token section, click the View and Configure FormsAuth keys/SSO token link to configure the token/cookie settings and configure this realm for SSO.

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SharePoint Configuration Steps

Define Trust Relationships

Note

The SharePoint server must trust the SSL certificate chain of the certificate used in the SecureAuth IdP appliance Web Services, as well as the SSL chain of the certificate used to sign the WS-Fed assertion

In most cases, this is the same SSL certificate chain

1. Download the latest SecureAuth Public Certificate bundle and expand the zip file on the SharePoint server

Note

If using a third-party certificate, rather than the SecureAuth IdP certificate provided in the Web Admin (step 13), do not download the certificate bundle

2. Add the SecureAuth Root and Intermediate Certificate authorities for the certificates

3. Open SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Central Administration

4. Click Security on the home page

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5. Click Manage Trust from the General Security section on the Security page

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Note

If using a third-party certificate, rather than the SecureAuth IdP certificate provided in the Web Admin (step 13), install the Root and Intermediate certificate authority public certificates for that certificate chain, rather than using the certificates below from the certificate bundle downloaded in step 1

6. In the Trust Relationships tab, click New in the Menu bar

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7. In the Establish Trust Relationship page, enter the CN of the certificate being installed in the Name field, e.g. SecureAuth Root

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8. Click Browse and select the SecureAuth Root Certificate Authority.cer file downloaded in step 1

9. Click OK

10. Back in the Trust Relationships tab, click New in the Menu bar

11. Enter the CN of the certificate being installed in the Name field, e.g. SecureAuth Intermediate

12. Click Browse and select the SecureAuth Intermediate CA 1A.cer file downloaded in step 1

13. Click OK

Define Certificate Used to Validate Signed WS-Fed Assertion

14. Export the Public Key of the certificate being used to sign the WS-Fed assertion in Base64 Format and save it to the same location on the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 server as the Root and Intermediate public certificates

This should be the certificate selected in the SecureAuth IdP Web Admin (step 13)

15. On the SharePoint server, open SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell, using Run as Administrator

Keep this open for the following configuration steps

16. Copy the code below (Trusted Identity Provider Certificate Configuration) to a Notepad document

Trusted Identity Provider Certificate Configuration

$certPath = "<PhysicalPath>\<certificate-filename>.cer"
$cert = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2("$certPath")

17. Replace the <PhysicalPath>\<certificate-filename>.cer with the Path and File Name of the certificate public key exported in step 14, e.g. $certPath = "C:\Temp\Certs\idp.company.com.cer"

Copy the lines of code from Notepad and paste it into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Associate Certificate to Service Provider Trusted Root Authority

18. Copy the code below (Define SP Trusted Root Authority) to a Notepad document

Define SP Trusted Root Authority

New-SPTrustedRootAuthority -Name "<TIP Name>" -Certificate $cert

19. Replace <TIP Name> with the name intended to define the Trusted Identity Provided (TIP), e.g. SecureAuthIdP

This will be the name that will be selected when an end-user attempts to log into the Claims-aware SharePoint site

20. Copy the line of code from Notepad and paste it into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Identify Claims Mapping for Display Name and Role

21. Copy the code below (Claims Mapping) to a Notepad document

Claims Mapping

$map1 = New-SPClaimTypeMapping -IncomingClaimType "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress" -IncomingClaimTypeDisplayName "EmailAddress" -SameAsIncoming
$map2 = New-SPClaimTypeMapping -IncomingClaimType "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/role" -IncomingClaimTypeDisplayName "Role" -SameAsIncoming

22. No changes are necessary; however, an alternate IncomingClaimTypeDisplayName may be used

Note

This will configure the SharePoint Web Application to use SecureAuth IdP as a Trusted Identity Provider, which will require the user's email address as the primary identifier

If a different primary identifier is preferred, such as sAMAccountName, the proper IncomingClaimType namespace will be required

SecureAuth strongly recommends that the default EmailAddress be utilized

23. Copy the lines of code from Notepad and paste them into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Define Uniform Resource Name and Sign-in URL

24. Copy the code below (Realm URN and Signing URL) to a Notepad document

Realm URN and Signing URL

$realm = "urn:sharepoint:wsfed"
$signinurl = "https://SecureAuthIdPFQDN/secureauthX/"

25. Leave urn:sharepoint:wsfed as is, or replace it with urn:<PreferredURN>

Changes to the URN must be configured on the TIP as well in the SAML (WS-Fed) Audience Field in the SecureAuth IdP Web Admin

26. Replace the SecureAuthIdPFQDN with the actual FQDN of the SecureAuth IdP appliance; and replace X with the actual realm number of the SharePoint configured realm (SecureAuth IdP Configuration steps), e.g. https://secureauth.company.com/secureauth2/

27. Copy the lines of code from Notepad and paste them into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Define the Trusted Identity Provider

28. Copy the code below (Trusted Identity Token Issuer) to a Notepad document

Trusted Identity Token Issuer

$ap = New-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer -Name "<TIP Name>" -Description "<TIP Name>-SecureAuthIdPFQDN" -realm $realm -ImportTrustCertificate $cert -ClaimsMappings $map1,$map2 -SignInUrl $signinurl -IdentifierClaim $map1.InputClaimType

29. Replace <TIP Name> with the same value established in step 19, e.g. SecureAuthIdP

30. Update the -Description to a preferred description

SecureAuth recommends using the <TIP Name> and the SecureAuth IdP FQDN, separated by a dash (-), e.g. -Description "SecureAuthIdP-secureauth.company.com"

31. Copy the line of code from Notepad and paste it into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Review TIP Configuration

32. To review the TIP Configuration, copy the code below (Display TIP Configuration Info) to a Notepad document

Display TIP Configuration Info

Get-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer -Identity "<TIP Name>"

33. Replace the <TIP Name> with the same value established in steps 19 and 29

34. Copy the line of code from Notepad and paste it into the SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Management Shell to execute

Configure Site to Use Trusted Identity Provider

35. Open SharePoint Central Administrator

36. Select Manage web applications under Application Management

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37. Select which site to use for Claims-based authentication from the list provided

38. Click Authentication Providers from the menu bar

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39. In the Authentication Providers window, click the Zone to configure from the list provided

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40. In the Claims Authentication Types section, check Trusted Identity Provider

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41. Check or uncheck the authentication types to disable or use for this zone

If multiple authentication types are checked, end-users will be prompted to select which type of authentication to use

If only the SecureAuth IdP TIP is checked, they will automatically be redirected to SecureAuth IdP when attempting to log into SharePoint

42. Click Save

Define Initial Users

43. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, click Manage web applications under Application Management

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44. Select the same site selected in step 37

45. Click User Policy from the menu bar

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46. In the Policy for Web Application window, click Add Users

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47. In the Add Users window, select the appropriate zone (or All Zones - default) from the dropdown, and click Next

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48. In the Choose Users section, under the Users: text box, click the Book icon for Group Configuration

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49. Enter a Group or Account Name (in this case, it would be the user's email address) to grant access in the Find text box at the top

The results of the search will appear in the right pane of the dialog

50. Select the type of claim, under the proper Trusted Identity Provider, such as EmailAddress for an individual user or Role for a specific group

51. Double-click on the listed account or role and it will populate next to the Add button

52. Select OK to add the selected account or role to the Users list on the Add Users page

53. Select the Permissions intended for the user or group

54. Click Finish to return to the Policy for Web Application window

55. Click OK to complete

Additional SharePoint Configuration Information

Note

The following is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as guidance by SecureAuth Corporation. Changes to the SharePoint environment made improperly can cause loss of connectivity, data, or content, possibly rendering the site unusable. Please proceed with caution.

To set up SharePoint to send the TargetURL in wreply parameter, run the following commands in PowerShell:

Replace <TIP Name> with the Name of the Trusted Identity Provider (used in previous configuration steps), e.g. SecureAuthIdP

wsreply

$trust = Get-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer -Identity "<TIP Name>"
$trust.UseWReplyParameter = $true
$trust.Update()

To update a variable (e.g. signinURL), run the following commands in PowerShell:

Replace <TIP Name> with the Name of the Trusted Identity Provider (used in previous configuration steps, and in the above command), e.g. SecureAuthIdP

Replace https://SecureAuthIdPFQDN/secureauthX/ with the actual FQDN of the SecureAuth IdP appliance and realm number of the SharePoint integrated realm, e.g. https://secureauth.company.com/secureauth2/

Update Variable

$ap = Get-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer -Identity "<TIP Name>"
$ap.ProviderUri = "https://SecureAuthIdPFQDN/secureauthX/"
$ap.Update()

Troubleshooting / Common Issues

Error 404 / Page Not Found on /_trust/default.aspx

If a "404" error or "Page Not Found" message for /_trust/default.aspx occurs when selecting SecureAuth as the credentials to use to log into SharePoint, then check the IIS server on the SharePoint server to see if the _trust directory exists under the SharePoint application virtual directory. If this directory is missing, then run the following command in the SharePoint Management Shell:

$webApp = GetSPWebApplication http://webappurl/
$webApp.Provision()

This will validate and rebuild the virtual directory with the correct settings for claim-based access and add the _trust directory if it is missing.

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