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BriefCatch Admin Portal

BriefCatch Next Enterprise Onboarding Guide

Access the BriefCatch Admin Portal at: https://express.briefcatch.com/

Contents

Portal Registration

After your organization signs up, the Application Owner will receive an email titled “Welcome to Your BriefCatch Subscription” with a link to activate their account and access the Admin Portal.

To add additional owners or admins, users can first register through the BriefCatch Next add-in or on the BriefCatch website. The Application Owner can then assign admin roles from the Users tab.

To access the portal at any time, visit https://express.briefcatch.com/
 and click Sign In.

Portal Features

The Admin Portal allows your organization to:

  • Enable or disable AI and other features
  • View subscription details
  • Manage users and administrators

Once logged in, use the left-hand navigation to view and manage your enterprise settings.

Please Note: Only Application Owners and Admins can access organization-level settings in the Admin Portal. If you need to transfer Application Owner access, please email our support team.

Organization

This section displays key details about your organization, including:

  • Organization name

  • Allowed domains

  • Your user role

Users are automatically associated with your organization based on their email domain. Allowed domains should match your users’ email addresses.

If you need to update your organization details (such as adding domains or changing the organization name), please contact support.

Features

Use this section to control feature availability across your organization. Feature settings apply to all users in your organization. User-level customization is not currently supported.

  • AI Features: Includes BriefChat AI and other AI-powered functionality, such as advanced citation checks.

AI features are off by default. No users can use AI unless an admin enables access with this toggle.

If your organization chooses to keep AI OFF, you will still receive the full core BriefCatch editing experience and reports without any impact to functionality. (Learn More)

  • Express Editing: This is a quick editing features and automatically accepts all suggestions as tracked changes. 

This appears as a lightning bolt icon in the BriefCatch Next add-in. (Learn More)

License

View and manage your subscription, including:

  • Licensed seat count

  • Current license period

  • Payment methods

  • Invoices

Users

Please Note: Users are not added from this tab. To add users, you must first deploy the BriefCatch add-in by following our Enterprise Deployment Guide. Once deployed, users can sign up through the add-in or on our website and will automatically appear here.

This section displays all users associated with your organization.

Application Owners can:

  • Assign roles (Admin or Application Owner)

  • Set users as Active or Inactive

Inactive users cannot access the software and do not count toward your seat limit.

Portal SSO Admin Consent

After deploying BriefCatch Next, Microsoft 365 / Entra admins typically grant consent to the permissions needed for users to sign in to both the BriefCatch Next add-in and the BriefCatch Portal.

In some Microsoft tenants, users may still see an “Approval required” message when signing in to the BriefCatch Portal, even if SSO is already working in the BriefCatch Next Word add-in. This usually means the tenant has allowed SSO for the add-in, but still requires separate admin consent for portal sign-in.

This may also occur if your organization is still using BriefCatch 3, which uses a legacy authentication system. For the best experience with the BriefCatch Portal, we recommend upgrading to BriefCatch Next.

If users receive an admin approval message when signing in to the portal, a Microsoft 365 / Entra admin should grant admin consent for the BriefCatch application:

Application ID:
1b1f7b82-17dd-48ba-9d4f-7196ae3f6dfa

To grant consent:

  1. Open the Microsoft Entra admin center or Azure Portal.

  2. Go to Enterprise applications.

  3. Search for BriefCatch or the Application ID above.

  4. Select the BriefCatch application.

  5. Under Security, select Permissions.

  6. Click the blue Grant admin consent button.

If the BriefCatch application does not appear under Enterprise applications, or if the admin is unable to locate it, a Microsoft 365 / Entra admin can try granting consent directly using Microsoft’s admin consent URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/adminconsent?client_id=1b1f7b82-17dd-48ba-9d4f-7196ae3f6dfa

After consent is granted, users should be able to sign in to the BriefCatch Portal using SSO.

Please Note: For the best experience accessing the BriefCatch portal, we recommend that organizations still using BriefCatch 3 upgrade to BriefCatch Next. The portal uses the same authentication system as BriefCatch Next, while BriefCatch 3 relies on a legacy authentication system that may not support portal access as smoothly.

Portal Help

If you are unable to access the portal, need a new registration link, or are experiencing login issues, please contact our support team.

 

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