- Create and set up an application in Azure Active Directory.
- Go to https://portal.azure.com/ and log in to your Microsoft Azure account.
- Go to the Azure Active Directory > Enterprise applications section.
- In the Add an application window, go to the Non-gallery application section and specify a name for the new application. If several tenants are used, a separate application should be created for each.

- Go to the Users and groups section and add all required users. Give them the User role.
- Go to the Single sign-on subsection and select SAML.

- Edit the Basic SAML Configuration section as follows:

- In the SAML Signing Certificate section, download your public certificate in Base64 format by clicking the link next to Certificate (Base64) .
- From the Login URL field in the Set up [application name] section, copy the URL for accessing the server of the external identity provider.
- Provide the following information to cloud support or the account manager :
For more technical details about SAML authentication requests and responses that Azure Active Directory supports for Single Sign-On, please refer to this article on Microsoft.com.
