Prerequisites and Setting Up

FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2 (On-Premises)

The connector to Microsoft Azure is configured on a convenient inventory beacon, for which there are the following prerequisites:

• The operating system is either:
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later
  • Windows 7 SP1 or later.
• FlexNet Beacon software has been updated to release 13.2.x.x (2018 R1) or later
• PowerShell 5.1 or later is running
• The Azure adapter requires a service principal identity with read permission to Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
• FlexNet inventory agent version 13.2.x.x (2019 R1) or later
• The PowerShell execution policy is set to RemoteSigned
• A web browser is available
• AzureRM for Windows PowerShell version 5.1 or later is installed
  Tip: To check the version installed on your inventory beacon:

  1. As administrator, run AzureRM for Windows PowerShell.
  2. Execute the $psversiontable cmdlet.

  New versions are available for download from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureRM.
• You must log onto the inventory beacon, and run FlexNet Beacon, using an account with administrator privileges.

On the Azure side, you must:

• First decide in which Microsoft Azure "environment" your connector will operate. All the connection details and credentials are specific to the environment, and cannot be interchanged. The default environment is AzureCloud (the value used if no other environment is specified for the connection). Other currently-available environments can be determined using the Azure cmdlet:

  (Get-AzureRmEnvironment).Name

  Examples include:
  • AzureChinaCloud
  • AzureGermanCloud
  • AzureUSGovernment.
  Your choice of environment is specified when configuring the connection.
• Create a service principal identity.

Step-by-step instructions for configuring the connection to your chosen Azure environment are available in the online help at FlexNet Manager Suite Online Help > Inventory Beacons > Inventory Systems Page > Connecting to External Inventory Systems > Managing PowerShell Connections > Managing Azure Connections.