Assigning Minecraft Licenses

Olger — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:28:24 GMT

Wondering if anyone has set up automated Minecraft license assigning? We have our Google Workspace set up as IdP for Microsoft Entra (which works fine) and students (and staff) can login to Microsoft using their Google Accounts. Any student that has a Minecraft license assigned can use that using their Google account.

Within Workspace I have created a dynamic Minecraft group that pulls students from specified OU's (each year is in its own OU, currently only a few years use Minecraft). I supply that group name as an attribute in my SAML set up for Microsoft Entra. In Microsoft Entra I have a similar group called Minecraft that is used to assign a Minecraft license to its members. All that works. But how do I get Microsoft Entra to add (and remove) students that are member of the Workspace Minecraft group to the Entra Minecraft group?

Re: Assigning Minecraft Licenses

Bill_Gibson — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:05:48 GMT

Off-topic: Can you share any resources that address setting Google as the IdP in Entra?

Re: Assigning Minecraft Licenses

Olger — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:12:34 GMT

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/education/windows/configure-aad-google-trust

The thing that gets me (often) with Microsoft Azure/Entra, is that anything where MS is in control, can be done using the GUI. Like setting Entra as IdP and others as SP. When it comes to using another service as IdP (such as Google Workspace), there always seems to be some Powershell involved... Which creates an extra (unnecessary) hurdle.

Anyway, ChatGPT summarizes the process quite well (when asking for "provide resources to set up google workspace as Idp for Microsoft Entra"):

To set up Google Workspace as an Identity Provider (IdP) for Microsoft Entra ID, follow these steps:

Step 1: Configure Google Workspace as an IdP

Sign in to Google Admin Console:
- Go to admin.google.com and sign in with your super admin account. (Configure federation between Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID)
Add SAML App:
- Navigate to Apps > Web and mobile apps.
- Click Add App > Add custom SAML app. (Configure federation between Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID)
Download IdP Metadata:
- On the Google Identity Provider details page, click Download Metadata.
- Save the GoogleIDPMetadata.xml file; you'll need it later. (Configure federation between Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID)
Configure Service Provider Details:
- On the Service provider details page:
  - Name ID format: Set to PERSISTENT.
  - Name ID: Map to Primary Email.
  - Signed Response: Check this option.
- Click Continue. (Configure federation between Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID)
Attribute Mapping:
- Map Google attributes to Microsoft Entra attributes. For example:
  - Google Directory attribute: Primary Email
  - Microsoft Entra attribute: IDPEmail
- Click Finish. (Set up SSO between MS 365 and Google - Microsoft Q&A)

Step 2: Configure SAML SSO in Microsoft Entra ID

Add Google Workspace App:
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center.
- Navigate to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- Search for Google Cloud / G Suite Connector by Microsoft and add it. (Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Google Cloud / G Suite Connector ...)
Set Up SAML SSO:
- In the application settings, go to Single sign-on.
- Select SAML.
- In the Basic SAML Configuration:
  - Identifier (Entity ID): google.com
  - Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL): https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https://mail.google.com
  - Sign-on URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/saml2/idp?idpid=yourid
  - Logout URL: https://accounts.google.com/logout
- Upload the GoogleIDPMetadata.xml file you downloaded earlier. (Configure Entra ID as the SSO provider for Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Google Cloud / G Suite Connector ..., How to Federate Google Workspace with Microsoft Entra ID, Configure federation between Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID)
Assign Users:
- Assign users or groups to the application to grant them access. (EntraID & Google Workspace Integration - Microsoft Q&A)

Step 3: Test the Federation

Access the Application:
- Navigate to the application in Microsoft Entra ID.
- Click Sign in with Google. (EntraID & Google Workspace Integration - Microsoft Q&A)
Authenticate:
- You should be redirected to Google Workspace for authentication.
- After successful login, you will be redirected back to Microsoft Entra ID. (Google Workspace federation in Entra ID - techcommunity.microsoft.com)

Re: Assigning Minecraft Licenses

Kim_Nilsson — Wed, 07 May 2025 07:58:48 GMT

Google's own support article is what I have used.

https://support.google.com/a/answer/6363817

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Step 1: Configure Google Workspace as an IdP

Step 2: Configure SAML SSO in Microsoft Entra ID

Step 3: Test the Federation

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