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Integrate with Mimecast

Use ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú SAML Single Sign On (SSO) to give your users convenient but secure access to all their web applications with a single set of credentials.

Read this article to learn how to integrate with Mimecast. 

Prerequisites

  • A ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú administrator account
  • ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú SSO Package or higher or SSO à la carte option
  • A Mimecast administrator account
  • Your Mimecast subdomain

Creating a new ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Application Integration

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION &²µ³Ù;ÌýSSO Applications.
  3. Click + Add New Application.
  4. Type the name of the application in the Search field and select it.
  5. Click Next.
  6. In the Display Label, type your name for the application. Optionally, you can enter a Description, adjust the User Portal Image and choose to hide or Show in User Portal.

Note:

If this is a Bookmark Application, enter your sign-in URL in the Bookmark URL field.

  1. Optionally, expand Advanced Settings to specify a value for the SSO IdP URL. If no value is entered, it will default to https://sso.jumpcloud.com/saml2/<applicationname>.

Warning:

The SSO IdP URL is not editable after the application is created. You will have to delete and recreate the connector if you need to edit this field at a later time.

  1. Click Save Application.
  2. If successful, click:
    • Configure Application and go to the next section
    • Close to configure your new application at a later time

Configuring the SSO Integration

To configure ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú

  1. Create a new application or select it from the Configured Applications list.
  2. Select the SSO tab.
  3. Replace any instances of XX with your Mimecast subdomain.
  4. Add any desired attributes.
  5. Click save.

Tip:

If you would like to create different connectors for SSO, personal portal and admin console, use the following ACS URLs:

  1. https://XX-api.mimecast.com/login/saml - SSO for mimecast desktop applications/ integrations (this is the default ACR URL in the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Admin Portal).
  2. https://XX-api.mimecast.com/login/sso/mpp - personal portal
  3. https://XX-api.mimecast.com/login/sso/adcon - Admin console

In addition, the SP entity ID for the admin portal must be the following for 2 of the accounts:

XX-api.mimecast.com.XXXXXX (account code) - Personal portal and application SSO
XX-api.mimecast.com.XXXXXX (account code) - Admin portal SSO connector

Copy the metadata URL

  1. Find your application in the Configured Applications list and click anywhere in the row to reopen its configuration window.
  2. Select the SSO tab and click Copy Metadata URL.
  3. The URL will be copied to your clipboard.

To configure Mimecast

  1. Sign in to the Administration Console of your Mimecast account.
  2. Go to Administration > Services > Applications.
  3. Click Authentication Profiles.
  4. Enter the following information:
    • Select an existing Authentication Profile to update it or click on New Authentication Profile and enter a description for the new profile.
    • Provider - select Other.
    • Metadata URL - paste the Metadata URL copied in the previous section.
    • Logout URL - enter https://console.jumpcloud.com/userconsole/.
    • Select Enforce SAML Authentication for Administration Console.
  5. In the Administration Console, go to the Administration > Services > Applications.
    • Select the Application Setting you want to use.
    • Use the Lookup button to find the Authentication Profile you just created or updated, and click the Select link on the lookup page.
    • Click Save and Exit.

Authorizing User SSO Access

Users are implicitly denied access to applications. After you connect an application to ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú, you need to authorize user access to that application. You can authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel or from the Groups Configuration panel. 

To authorize user access from the Application Configuration panel

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications, then select the application to which you want to authorize user access.
  3. Select the User Groups tab. If you need to create a new group of users, see Get Started: User Groups.
  4. Select the check box next to the group of users you want to give access.
  5. Click save

To learn how to authorize user access from the Groups Configuration panel, see Authorize Users to an SSO Application.

Validating SSO user authentication workflow(s)

IdP-initiated user workflow

  • Access the
  • Go to Applications and click an application tile to launch it
  • ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú asserts the user's identity to the SP and is authenticated without the user having to log in to the application

SP-initiated user workflow

  • Go to the SP application login - generally, there is either a special link or an adaptive username field that detects the user is authenticated through SSO

Note:

This varies by SP.

  • Login redirects the user to ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú where the user enters their ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú credentials
  • After the user is logged in successfully, they are redirected back to the SP and automatically logged in

Removing the SSO Integration

Important:

These are steps for removing the integration in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú. Consult your SP's documentation for any additional steps needed to remove the integration in the SP. Failure to remove the integration successfully for both the SP and ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú may result in users losing access to the application.

To deactivate the SSO Integration

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
  3. Search for the application that you’d like to deactivate and click to open its details panel. 
  4. Select the SSO tab.
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the configuration.
  6. Click Deactivate SSO
  7. Click save
  8. If successful, you will receive a confirmation message.

To delete the application

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to USER AUTHENTICATION > SSO Applications.
  3. Search for the application that you’d like to delete.
  4. Check the box next to the application to select it.
  5. Click Delete.
  6. Enter the number of the applications you are deleting
  7. Click Delete Application.
  8. If successful, you will see an application deletion confirmation notification.
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