Prerequisites and Configuration Considerations

FlexNet Manager Suite 2025 R1 (On-Premises)

This topic describes prerequisites and configuration considerations for:

• Each inventory beacon that needs to download data from Microsoft 365 GCC High
• The Microsoft 365 GCC High Adapter

The inventory beacon

The inventory beacon must meet the requirements specified in the topic "Prerequisite Software" in System Requirements and Compatibility.

Particularly, make sure that the PowerShell 5.1 or later is installed on the inventory beacon, with the PowerShell execution policy set to RemoteSigned.

Tip: Run PowerShell with administrator rights to execute the following commands:

To check the currently-installed version of PowerShell:

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

To set PowerShell execution policy:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Microsoft 365 GCC High connection configuration

You must configure the Microsoft 365 GCC High connection using your own single-tenant app in the Azure Portal. This requires Global Administrator privileges for the initial registration.

Either of the following two types of authentication can be used to create the connection:

• Authorizaton Code: Requires the Cloud Application Administrator and Reports Reader roles. With these roles, FlexNet Beacon can retrieve a token allowing read-only access to Microsoft Graph APIs. Microsoft Graph APIs allow only an administrator to read Users, Subscribed SKUs, and Reports from Microsoft 365 GCC High. For more information about the roles, see the Microsoft topic Microsoft Entra built-in roles.
• Client Credentials: Requires a client secret to be configured in the Azure Portal.

For detailed instructions, see Registering an App to Connect to Microsoft 365 GCC High Using the Azure Portal.

Microsoft 365 GCC High admin center configuration

For each tenant, the Display concealed user, group, and site names in all reports option in the Microsoft admin center is selected by default. This default configuration will prevent the Microsoft 365 GCC High Adapter from reading the usage data. Therefore, you need to change the default configuration by performing the following steps:

1. In the Microsoft admin center, go to Settings > Org Settings > Services.
2. Select Reports.
3. Clear the selection for the statement Display concealed user, group, and site names in all reports, and then save your changes.

For more information, see the Show user details in the reports section in the Microsoft topic Microsoft 365 Reports in the admin center.

Network

For information relating to the network requirements for your firewall or proxy server, see the Microsoft topic Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges. You may also like to refer to the Flexera knowledge base article How to configure the Microsoft and Office 365 connectors to connect to the Internet through a proxy or firewall.