Can SAP BI 4.2 use Azure Active Directory Federated SSO for Authentication?

[Former Member]

I am looking to potentially upgrade from BO 3 to BI4.2

My organisation has Office 365 and an associated cloud based Azure Active Directory which is syncronised with an on-premise data centre Active Directory.

Can an AWS hosted virtual hardware BI4.2 server be configured to authenticate users using Azure Active Directory?

Which public (non-authenticated) document or video shows these steps?

[former_member430260 · Accepted solution]

Actually the guide states about an AD server accessible from the BO Server and the service account and groups are created according to the BO requirement . for e.g. the group should be security group.

If the Multi-tenanted Azure AD meets the above criteria then it should work but still it will be a hit and trial as BO documents doesn't explicitly mentions it.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Tanveer for your help and time.

[Former Member]

what about this? https://blogs.sap.com/2018/03/01/saml-integration-between-microsoft-azure-portal-and-sap-business-in...

[BasicTek]

BI 4.2 on premise edition does not currently support azure or AD federation, it is being discussed and could change as soon as SP5 but at this point there is no firm commitment.

Regards,

Tim

[former_member430260]

Hi Gary,

If the Azure active directory is accessible from the cloud based BI 4.2 environment then the normal steps to configure AD should work.

I would suggest you to try Mapping AD users following the BO Administrators guide in a test environment and check if that works.

Regards,

Tanveer

[Former Member]

Thanks for replying. Does the BO Administrators guide explicitly refer to the "multi-tenanted" Azure AD (as opposed to an Azure image/server which is setup and wholly owned by our company)?