IT Asset Management
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Use the following procedure to create a connection to Microsoft 365 on an inventory beacon using the legacy Microsoft Office 365
(deprecated) connector. 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.
To create a connection to Microsoft 365:
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Ensure that you have your preferred schedule for imports from Microsoft 365 set
on the appropriate inventory beacon:
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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).
Conseil : Remember that you must run the inventory beacon software with administrator
privileges.
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From the Data collection group in the navigation
bar, choose Scheduling.
- If there is not already a suitable schedule in the list, click
New... and complete the details (see Creating a Data Gathering Schedule for more
information). Otherwise, identify the schedule you will use.
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Select the Inventory
Systems page (in the same navigation group).
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Choose either of the following:
- To change the settings for a previously-defined connection,
select that connection from the list, and click
Edit....
- 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 (or modify) the values for the following required fields:
- Connection Name: The name of the inventory
connection. When the data import through this connection is executed,
the data import task name is same as the connection name.
- Source Type: Select Microsoft Office
365 (deprecated) from this list.
Remarque : If you have not installed the FlexNet Beacon released with
IT Asset Management 2019 R1 or later, then Microsoft Office 365
(deprecated) will not appear as a Source Type connection.
Instead, Microsoft Office 365 will appear as the legacy connector
source type.
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Optionally, if your enterprise uses a proxy server to enable Internet access,
complete (or modify) the values in the Proxy Settings
section of the dialog box in order to configure the proxy server
connection.
- Use Proxy: Select this check box 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 check box 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 check box 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 check box is selected.
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Complete (or modify) the values in the Microsoft 365
section of the dialog. All of the following values are required:
Remarque : If you have multiple tenants within Microsoft 365 (for example, separate
subscriptions for different corporate units or locations), you need to
create a separate connector for each tenant using its own credentials.
Within each tenant, a single connection and a single import recovers data
for all your subscriptions (if you have multiple subscriptions).
- Username: Microsoft 365 tenant user name.
- Password: Microsoft 365 tenant password.
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Save the connection.
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Select your new connection from the displayed list, and click
Schedule....
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In the dialog that appears, select the name of your chosen schedule for
inventory collection through this connection, and click
OK.
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At the bottom of the FlexNet Beacon interface, click
Save, and if you are done, also click
Exit.
Conseil : Consider whether you want to select your connection, and click
Execute Now, before you exit.
After a successful data import, the users,
applications, licenses, and usage data are all visible in the appropriate pages of
IT Asset Management.
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