Setup Microsoft SSO For Overdrive

Contents

  • Supported features

  • Requirements

  • Configuration steps

  • Notes

Supported features

  • Service Provider (SP)-Initiated Authentication (SSO) Flow - this authentication flow occurs when the user attempts to log in to Overdrive.

  • User Federation, role management, etc. are not supported. Users and their Overdrive roles, information, etc.  will still need to be managed within Overdrive.

 

Requirements

  • You must be an Azure AD Global Administrator

  • Your organization must use Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

  • Be an existing Overdrive admin

  • Users Overdrive usernames must match their Microsoft email address exactly

 

Configuration steps

  • Sign in to Azure Portal as a Azure admin

  • Consent to Mike Albert Overdrive SSO Application by following this link and completing the steps: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/adminconsent?client_id=1ac20347-090a-4fdd-a0ea-3327915c7517&redirect_uri=https://overdrive.mikealbert.com

  • Log into Overdrive admin portal → Settings → Authentication

  • Toggle ‘Require All Users and Drivers to Authenticate with SSO’

  • In the ‘SSO Platform’ dropdown, select Microsoft

  • Click ‘SUBMIT’

  • Now all users will be required to login using Microsoft as SSO

Service Provider (SP)-Initiated SSO

  • From your browser, navigate to the overdrive.mikealbert.com

  • Enter your email address and click continue

  • If all previous steps where completed, you will be redirected to Microsoft's login page

  • Log in with Microsoft. If your credentials are valid, you will be redirected to the Overdrive dashboard