FlexNet Manager Suite
2019 R2 (On-Premises Edition)
Use the following procedure to create a connection to Microsoft Office 365 on
an inventory beacon using the legacy Microsoft Office 365
(deprecated) connector. A separate connection is required
for each tenant of Microsoft Office 365. (Typically, there is one tenant per
enterprise; but your corporate history, particularly of mergers and
acquisitions, may mean that your enterprise has multiple Microsoft tenants.)
The inventory beacon requires this connection to import
entitlements, users, and usage information from the Microsoft Office 365
online account. Each per-tenant import covers all subscriptions for that
tenant.
To create a connection to Microsoft Office 365:
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Ensure that you have your preferred schedule for imports from Microsoft Office
365 set on the appropriate inventory beacon:
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Log into the inventory beacon interface as an administrator (for
example, in the Windows Start menu, search for FlexNet
Beacon, right-click it, and select Run as
administrator).
Tip: Remember that you must run the inventory beacon software with administrator
privileges.
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From the Data collection group in the navigation
bar, choose Inventory Systems.
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If there is not already a suitable schedule in the list, click
New... and complete the details (see Creating a Data Gathering Schedule for more information). Otherwise,
identify the schedule you will use.
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Select the Inventory
Systems page (in the same navigation group).
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Choose either of the following:
- To change the settings for a previously-defined connection, select that connection from the list, and click Edit....
- To create a new connection, click the down arrow on the right of the New split button, and choose
Powershell.
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Complete (or modify) the values for the following required fields:
- Connection Name: The name of the inventory
connection. When the data import through this connection is executed,
the data import task name is same as the connection name.
- Source Type: Select Microsoft Office
365 (deprecated) from this list.
Note: If you have not installed the FlexNet Beacon released with
FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 or later, then Microsoft Office 365
(deprecated) will not appear as a Source Type connection.
Instead, Microsoft Office 365 will appear as the legacy connector
source type.
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Optionally, if your enterprise uses a proxy server to enable Internet access,
complete (or modify) the values in the Proxy Settings
section of the dialog box in order to configure the proxy server
connection.
- Use Proxy: Select this checkbox if your
enterprise uses a proxy server to enable Internet access. Complete the
additional fields in the Proxy Settings section,
as needed. If the Use Proxy checkbox is not
selected, the remaining fields in the Proxy
Settings section are disabled.
- Proxy Server: Enter the address of the proxy
server using HTTP, HTTPS, or an IP address. Use the format
https://ProxyServerURL:PortNumber,
http://ProxyServerURL:PortNumber, or
IPAddress:PortNumber). This field is enabled when
the Use Proxy checkbox is selected.
- Username and Password: If
your enterprise is using an authenticated proxy, specify the username
and password of an account that has credentials to access the proxy
server that is specified in the Proxy Server
field. These fields are enabled when the Use
Proxy checkbox is selected.
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Complete (or modify) the values in the Microsoft Office
365 section of the dialog. All of the following values are
required:
Note: If you have multiple tenants within Microsoft Office 365 (for example,
separate subscriptions for different corporate units or locations), you need
to create a separate connector for each tenant using its own credentials.
Within each tenant, a single connection and a single import recovers data
for all your subscriptions (if you have multiple subscriptions).
- Username: Microsoft Office 365 tenant user name.
- Password: Microsoft Office 365 tenant
password.
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Save the connection.
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Select your new connection from the displayed list, and click
Schedule....
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In the dialog that appears, select the name of your chosen schedule for
inventory collection through this connection, and click
OK.
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At the bottom of the FlexNet Beacon interface, click
Save, and if you are done, also click
Exit.
Tip: Consider whether you want to select your connection, and click
Execute Now, before you exit.
After a successful data import, the users,
applications, licenses, and usage data are all visible in the appropriate pages of
FlexNet Manager Suite. Note: To know more about the operations available
on the Inventory Systems page of FlexNet Beacon,
Inventory Systems Page in the online help. For more about scheduling data imports, see Scheduling a Connection, also in help.