How to Configure VP Online perform authentication with Microsoft Azure

VP Online provides a web based platform for perform various modeling and diagraming work. For team users they can configure VP Online to perform user authentication with Microsoft Azure. In this article we will show you how to configure VP Online and Azure to perform user authentication.

To configure VP Online perform authentication with Microsoft Azure:

1. Login to VP Online.
   

   Login to VP Online workspace

2. Select Administration under your name.
   

   Open Administration Panel

3. Select System Tools > Single Sign-On.
   

   Select Single Sign-On

4. Enter name of your Single Sign-On service under Identity Provider (IDP) Name.
   

   Specify service name

5. Login to your Azure account.
6. Select Enterprise application.
   

   Select Enterprise Application

7. Press New application button.
   

   Create new application

8. Search out the Visual Paradigm Online application and create it to your enterprise application.
   

   Add Visual Paradigm Online application

9. Select Single sign-on under Visual Paradigm Online application.
   

   Select Single Sign-On

10. Choose SAML as single sign-on method.
    

    Select SAML as signle sign-on method

11. Press Edit button on Basic SAML Configuration.
    

    Edit SAML Configuration

12. Copy the Audience URI (SP Entity ID) form VP Online to Identifier (Entity ID), and create Reply URL by copy the Single Sign-on (ACS) URL. After that copy the patterns in Sign on URL to actual property. Press Save button to save the change.
    

    Configure SAML URLs

13. Download the Federation Metadata XML.
    

    Download Federation Metadata XML

14. Go to Properties of the application, and change Assignment required to No. After that Save the change.
    

    Set Assignment required to No

15. Go back to VP Online and upload the FEDERATION METADATA DOCUMENT to the IDP metadata. Press Apply button to proceed.
    

    Upload metadata XML and apply the change

16. Press OK on the confirmation dialog.
    

    Confirm apply SAML configuration

17. Now you will being logged out and redirect to perform a re-login using your Azure account. Or if your browser already logged in to Azure then integration will being applied. The Azure account perform the login will become the administrator of your VP Online.
    

    Integration success

You can then start invite other members to join in.