Creating Connections using the Microsoft 365 Connector

FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2 (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. However, if you would like instructions using the legacy Microsoft Office 365 (deprecated) connector, see Creating Connections using the Microsoft Office 365 (Deprecated) Connector.

Use the following procedure to create a connection to Microsoft Office 365 on an inventory beacon using the Microsoft 365 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.

When you use the Microsoft 365 connector, there are two ways of creating connections to the Microsoft Office 365 online service. Refer to the following sections for associated instructions:

• Using FlexNet Manager Suite’s Multi-Tenant App to Connect to Microsoft 365 — The Microsoft 365 connector uses a pre-registered multi-tenant app that has been configured by Flexera for the purpose of collecting Microsoft Office 365 data. This app is configured to allow customers to collect data without the overhead required to register an app using the Azure portal in their own Microsoft Office 365 instance.
• Registering an app using the Azure portal to connect to Microsoft 365 — This second method registers an app within your own Microsoft Office 365 instance.