Important: The FlexNet Beacon released with IT Asset Management 2018 R2 or later is required to use the Microsoft 365
connector. However, installing the FlexNet Beacon included in the
2019 R1 or later release provides maximum ease-of-use with the Microsoft
365 connector by including auto-populated values on the Create
PowerShell Source Connection dialog (that otherwise need to be entered
manually). In addition, Microsoft Office 365 (deprecated) will not appear
as a Source Type connection on the Create PowerShell Source Connection
dialog, and instead will remain Microsoft Office 365.
Tip: The connector to Flexera One SaaS Management
supersedes and overrides both the Microsoft
365 connector and the Microsoft Office 365
(deprecated) connector. This means that if you implement the
Flexera One SaaS Management connector, any
licenses that are created from imports through either of the Microsoft 365
connectors are automatically given a status of
Retired, so that they have no impact on license
reconciliation calculations. Instead, new licenses are created from the Flexera One SaaS Management imports, and these are included in license reconciliations as
usual.
A separate connection is required for each tenant of Microsoft 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 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 365 online service. Refer to the following
sections for associated instructions:
IT Asset Management (Cloud)
Current