Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Enable secure login into WordPress using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 as OAuth and OpenID Connect provider. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) with WordPress allows your users to login to your WordPress and access the site by authenticating with their Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 identity provider. You can also configure plugin using different IDPs such as Azure B2C, Office 365, and other custom providers. It supports advanced Single Sign-On (SSO) features such as user profile Attribute mapping, Role mapping, multi tenant login etc. Here we will go through a guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between WordPress and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 for user authentication. By the end of this guide, users should be able to perform secure login to WordPress and access the site with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 SSO. To know more about other features we provide in WP OAuth Single Sign-On ( OAuth & OpenID Connect Client ) plugin, you can click here.

To know more details about different features provided in Azure AD SSO and Microsoft Office 365 SSO, please click here.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

• Log into your WordPress instance as an admin.
• Go to the WordPress Dashboard -> Plugins and click on Add New.
• Search for a WordPress OAuth Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin and click on Install Now.
• Once installed click on Activate

Steps to configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into WordPress

1. Setup Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 as OAuth Provider

• Sign in to Azure portal.
• Select Azure Active Directory.

• In the left-hand navigation pane, click the App registrations service, and click New registration.

• When the Create page appears, enter your application's registration information.(Refer to the below table)

Name :	Name of your application.
Application type :	Select "Web app / API" for client applications and resource/API applications that are installed on a secure server. This setting is used for OAuth confidential web clients and public user-agent-based clients. The same application can also expose both a client and resource/API.
Redirect URI :	For "Web app / API" applications, provide the base URL of your app. eg, https://<domain-name> might be the URL for a web app running on your local machine. Users would use this URL to sign in to a web client application.

• Make sure the "Grant admin consent to openid and offline_access permissions" option is enabled. When finished, click Register.

• Azure AD assigns a unique Application ID to your application. The Application ID is your Client ID and the Directory ID is your Tenant ID, keep these values handy as you will need them to configure the miniOrange OAuth Client plugin.

• Now, go to API permissions tab and click on Add a permission.

• Select Dynamics CRM under the API Microsoft Graph tab.

• Click on Delegated permissions, check the options and click on Add permissions.

• Go to Certificates and Secrets from the left navigaton pane and click on New Client Secret. Enter description and expiration time and click on ADD option.

• Copy the secret key "value" and keep the value handy it will be required later to configure Client Secret under the miniOrange OAuth Client Plugin.

You have successfully configured Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 as OAuth Provider for achieving user authentication with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) login into your WordPress Site.

2. Setup WordPress as OAuth Client

• Go to Configure OAuth tab and click Add New Application to add a new client application into your website.

• Choose your Application from the list of OAuth / OpenID Connect Providers, Here Dynamics CRM 365

• Copy the Callback URL to be used in OAuth Provider Configuration. Click Next.

• If you want to allow SSO from Azure AD single-tenant into your WordPress site then configure App name & Tenant ID found from the Azure Active directory SSO application.

• Enter the Client Credentials like Client ID & Client Secret is shown in the setup dialogue box, openid is already filled. Click Next.

• Click on Finish to save the configuration.

You have successfully configured WordPress as OAuth Client for achieving user authentication with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) login into your WordPress Site.

3. User Attribute Mapping

• User Attribute Mapping is mandatory for enabling users to successfully login into WordPress. We will be setting up user profile attributes for WordPress using below settings.

Finding user attributes

• Go to Configure OAuth tab. Scroll down and click on Test Configuration.

• You will see all the values returned by your OAuth Provider to WordPress in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth Provider to return this information.
• Once you see all the values in Test Configuration, go to Attribute / Role Mapping tab, you will get the list of attributes in a Username dropdown.

4. Sign In Settings

• The settings in Single Sign-On (SSO) Settings tab define the user experience for Single Sign-On (SSO). To add a Azure AD login widget on your WordPress page, you need to follow the below steps.

Sign in settings for WordPress 5.7 and before

• Go to WordPress Left Panel > Appearances > Widgets.
• Select miniOrange OAuth. Drag and drop to your favourite location and save.


Sign in settings for WordPress 5.8

• Go to WordPress Left Panel > Appearances > Widgets.
• Select miniOrange OAuth. Drag and drop to your favourite location and save.

• Open your WordPress page and you can see the Azure AD SSO login button there. You can test the Azure AD Single Sign-On (SSO) now.

Sign in settings for WordPress 5.9

• Make sure the "Show on login page" option is enabled for your application. (Refer to the below image)

• Now, go to your WordPress Login page. (Eg. https://< your-wordpress-domain >/wp-login.php)
• You will see an Azure AD SSO login button there. Once you click the login button, you will be able to test the Azure AD Single Sign-On (SSO).