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- Sign in as admin to Microsoft Azure Portal as an admin.
- Click Azure Active Directory.
- Click Enterprise applications in the left navigation menu.

- Click New Application.
- Type 'Zoho' under the Add from the Gallery tab.
- Select Zoho, with the category listed as Mail.
- Click Add in the botton-right corner.

- Click Configure Single sign-on.
- Choose SAML-base-sign-on in the given dropdown.
- Scroll down to SAML Signing Certificate and download the certificate.
- Scroll down to the end and click Configure Zoho.
- Under the Quick reference tab, copy the Azure AD Single Sign-On Service URL (Login URL) and Azure AD Sign Out URL (Logout URL).

- Configure Single Sign-On URL and Entity ID URLs at Zoho.
- Enter the service name or service URL in the Sign on URL box
Example: https://account.zoho.com/samlauthrequest/ZOID?serviceurl=https://people.zoho.com - Tick the Show advanced URL settings checkbox.
- Enter the ACS URL generated from the metadata file you downloaded from your Zoho account in the Reply URL text-box.
- Enter the URL of the Zoho service you want your users to reach after authenticating them in the Relay State text-box.
- Under User Attributes, make sure that the User Identifier is user.mail.
- Click Save.