FlexNet Manager Suite
2020 R1
(On-Premises)
Important: The instructions in this section are for use with the
Microsoft 365 connector. This is the recommended
connector to use to create a connection to Microsoft Office 365 on an
inventory beacon. If you would like instructions using the legacy
Microsoft Office 365 (deprecated) connector, see
Creating Connections using the Microsoft Office 365 (Deprecated) Connector.
An alternate method to the instructions provided in Using FlexNet Manager Suiteās Multi-Tenant App to Connect to Microsoft 365 is to register an app
in the Azure portal to connect to Microsoft 365 as shown in the steps in this
section. This requires an Azure account with Global Administrator privileges.
To register an app in the Azure portal to connect to Microsoft
365:
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With an Azure account with Global Administrator
privileges, login to the Microsoft Azure portal.
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In the left navigation bar, click Azure Active
Directory.
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Click App registration.
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Click the New registration button.
The Register an application page appears.
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In the Register an application page, do the
following:
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In the Name field, enter FlexNet
Beacon.
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In the Supported account types section, choose
Accounts in this organizational directory
only.
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Click Register.
The FlexNet Beacon page appears.
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On the FlexNet Beacon page, click Authentication in the middle
navigation bar and do the following.
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In the Redirect URIs section, enter
FlexNet Beacon.
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In the Suggested redirect URIs for public clients (mobile, desktop)
section choose the redirect you would like to use, such as
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient.
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Click Save. After a period of time, the registration
completes.
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The FlexNet Beacon page appears after the
registration is complete. Keep this browser and Azure session open to the
FlexNet Beacon page so that you can copy
and paste values from it to fields in the FlexNet Beacon
Create PowerShell Source Connection dialog in Step 12.
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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: You must run the inventory beacon software with administrator
privileges.
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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 the values for the following required fields:
- Connection Name: Enter the name of the inventory
connection. The name may contain alphanumericcharacters, underscores or
spaces, but must start with either a letter or a number. When the data
import through this connection is executed, the data import task name is
same as the connection name.
- Source Type: Select Microsoft
365 from this list.
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Optionally, if your enterprise uses a proxy server to enable Internet access,
complete 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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To enter the fields in the Microsoft 365 section, you need
to go back to your Azure session, opened to the FlexNet Beacon page. The fields in Azure have a Click to
copy icon that lets you copy their values to the clipboard for
pasting into the following FlexNet Beacon Create PowerShell
Source Connection dialog:
- Authorization Endpoint: Paste this value from the
Azure session. (In Azure, click Overview and then
click Endpoints. Click the Click to
copy icon to the right of the OAuth 2.0
authorization endpoint field.)
- Token Endpoint: Paste this value from the Azure
session. (In Azure, click Overview and then click
Endpoints. Click the Click to
copy icon to the right of the OAuth 2.0 token
endpoint field.)
- Application (client) ID: Paste this value from
the Azure session. (In Azure, click Overview and
then click the Click to copy icon to the right of
the Application (client) ID field.)
- Redirect URI: Paste this value from the Azure
session. (In Azure, click Overview and then click
the hyperlink in the Redirect URIs section. This
opens the Redirect URIs page. Click the
Click to copy icon to the right of
theRedirect URI setting you selected or if
you specified a custom URI copy that URI.)
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Click the Generate button to generate a refresh token
that will be used to authenticate the connection to Microsoft 365.
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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. For information
about scheduling data imports through this connection, see Scheduling a Connection in the online help.
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.
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R1