Prepare the SSO form in Minimus
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Open the Minimus SSO form. You can use this direct link or navigate as follows: Go to Manage > Users. Then click Configure SSO.
Keep this form open and available in another browser tab as you configure the SAML app in Azure.
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The form has 3 parts:
- Configure Minimus as a custom app in your identity provider - You will copy these parameters from Minimus to Azure in the next steps.
- SP Entity ID
- Reply URL (Callback / ACS URL)
- Relay State (optional) - If you leave the Relay State blank, users will only be able to login with SSO from the Minimus homepage.
- Connect Minimus to your identity provider - You will fetch these parameters from your Azure custom app and save them to the Minimus form.
- Login SSO URL
- IdP Entity ID
- Certificate
- SAML Attribute Mapping - Azure uses the standard AD claim formats. Copy the relevant schema for each parameter as shown below:
Minimus Parameter Azure Attribute Name Schema Email user.mail http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress Full Name user.userprincipalname http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name - Configure Minimus as a custom app in your identity provider - You will copy these parameters from Minimus to Azure in the next steps.
Add Minimus as a custom app under Azure Enterprise Applications
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Create a Minimus application in Azure
- The first step is to create the Minimus App in Azure and link it to your Minimus Console. Go to Enterprise Applications to begin.
- Select the option New application.
- In the top bar, select the option to Create your own application.
- Name the application. (We’ll assume the name Minimus App was used for the rest of this guide.)
- Select the option to Integrate any other application you don’t find in the gallery (Non-gallery).
- Click Create.
- Wait for the success confirmation. It may take a minute or so.
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Copy Azure entity ID to Minimus
- You will be automatically navigated to the Minimus App overview page.
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Copy the Azure Application ID to the IdP Entity ID in the Minimus form.
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Configure the SAML app
Select Single sign-on from the left menu, then select SAML.
This will open the form Set up Single Sign-On with SAML. The form includes numbered steps.

- Select Edit for Step 1 - Basic SAML Configuration.\
- Copy the following from the Minimus SSO form to Azure:
To copy from Minimus form | And paste in Azure form |
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SP Entity ID | Identifier (Entity ID) |
Reply URL (Callback / ACS URL) | Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) |
Relay State | Relay State (Optional) |
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Save the form.
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Copy Azure attributes & claims to Minimus
This step repeats the instructions for the previous step - Prepare the SSO form in Minimus.If you haven’t already done so, copy the relevant schema to the SAML Attribute Mapping section in the Minimus SSO form as shown below.
- Select Edit for Step 2 - Attributes & Claims.
- You will see a table of the default claims.
- Copy the schema for the
user.mail
and theuser.userprincipalname
to the Minimus form.
Minimus Parameter | Azure Attribute Name | Schema |
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user.mail | http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress | |
Full Name | user.userprincipalname | http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name |
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Download Base64 Certificate
- In Azure, continue to Step 3 - SAML Certificates.
- Download the Base64 Certificate.
- Open the certificate in notepad or another code viewer, and copy the code (including “-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE… and …END CERTIFICATE-----”).
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Copy the certificate to the Minimus SSO form.
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Copy Azure Login URL to Minimus
- In Azure, continue to Step 4 - Set up Minimus.
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Copy the Azure Login URL to the field Login SSO URL in the Minimus SSO form.
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Save the Minimus SSO form
You are now ready to save the SSO configuration form in Minimus to complete the configuration.
Assign access in Azure
Grant Azure groups and/or users access to Minimus.- In Azure, select Enterprise Applications.
- Select your Minimus App to open its details.
- Select Users and Groups from the left menu.
- Select Add user/group and follow the instructions on the page.
