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Microsoft Office 365 SSO Authentication into Joomla Setup Guide

Integration of Office 365 Single Sign-on (Microsoft azure Office 365 SSO) with Joomla using OAuth 2.0 Protocol. The miniOrange Joomla OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign-on (SSO) plugin makes it simple to set up Microsoft Office 365 SSO into Joomla and enable secure login into Joomla. As a result, users can log in to Joomla and access the site by authenticating with their Office 365 OAuth Provider credentials.

Visit our Joomla OAuth Client Plugin page to learn more about the features and Pricing plans we offer for the Joomla OAuth Single Sign-on (OAuth & OpenID connect) plugin.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

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Step 1: Install Joomla OAuth Server Plugin

Login into your Joomla site’s Administrator console.
From left toggle menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extensions.
Now click on Or Browse for file button to locate and install the plugin file downloaded earlier.
Installation of plugin is successful. Now click on Start Using miniOrange OAuth Server plugin.
Under the Configure OAuth tab, click on the ADD button.

Steps to configure Office 365 OAuth SSO into Joomla

1. Configure Callback/Redirect URL

After selecting your OAuth provider, you will be redirected to the Step 1 [Redirect URL] tab. Now copy the Callback/Redirect URL which we will use to configure Office 365 as OAuth Server, then click on the Save & Next button.

Office 365 OAuth Single Sign-On SSO into Joomla - Copy Redirect URL

Sign in to Azure portal.
Click on App Services and go to Manage Azure Active Directory.

Office 365 (Microsoft Azure AD) Single Sign On (SSO) into Joomla , Home-Microsoft-Azure

In the left-hand navigation pane, click the App registrations service, and click New Registration. Then paste the copied Redirect URL in the given field.

Office 365 OAuth/OpenID, App-Registration

2. Configure Client ID and Secret

When the create page appears, enter your application's registration information:

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.
Sign-on URL :	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.

When finished, click on Register.
Azure AD assigns a unique Application ID to your application. Copy Application ID and the Directory ID , this will be your Client ID and Tenent ID respectively.
Go to API permissions from the left navigation pane and click on Add permissions.

Office 365 (Microsoft Azure AD) Single Sign On (SSO) into Joomla , Overview

Click on Office 365 and add permission.

Office 365 (Microsoft Azure AD) Single Sign On (SSO) into Joomla ,Request-api-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.

Office 365 (Microsoft Azure AD) Single Sign On (SSO) into Joomla ,Secret-key

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.

Office 365 (Microsoft Azure AD) Single Sign On (SSO) into Joomla ,Secret-key-value

Go to the Step 2 [Client ID & Secret] tab of the Joomla OAuth Client plugin, here paste the Client ID, Client Secret and Tenant. Click on the Save Configuration button.

OAuth Single Sign-On SSO into Joomla - Save Configuration

2.1. Scope & Endpoints

Office 365 Endpoints and scope:

Scope: openid email profile
Authorize Endpoint for Office 365 OAuth / OpenID SSO : https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
Access Token Endpoint for Office 365 OAuth / OpenID SSO : https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
Get User Info Endpoint for Office 365 OAuth / OpenID SSO : https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me
Set Client Credentials: In Both (In Header and In Body)

Step 4: Configure Attribute Mapping

User Attribute Mapping is mandatory for enabling users to successfully login into Joomla. We will be setting up user profile attributes for Joomla using below settings.
Go to Step 3 [Attribute Mapping] tab and click on Test Configuration button.

You will be able to see the attributes in the Test Configuration output as follows.

Now go to the Step 3 [Attribute Mapping] tab and Select the attribute name for Email and Username from dropdown. Then click on Finish Configuration button.

Step 5: Setup Login/SSO URL

Now go to Step 4 [SSO URL] tab, here copy the Login/SSO URL and add it to your Site by following the given steps.

Now logout and go to your Joomla site's pages where you have added this link. You will see a login link where you placed that button. Click on this button to perform SSO.

In this guide, you have successfully configured Joomla Office 365 Single Sign-On (SSO) by configuring Office 365 as OAuth Provider and Joomla as OAuth Client using our Joomla OAuth Client plugin.This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Joomla site using Office 365 login credentials within minutes.

Additional Resources

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