Manually Installing Modules Required for Monitoring a Modern Authentication-Enabled Office 365 Environment

The eG agent runs Powershell cmdlets to pull a few metrics from an Office 365 environment where modern authentication is enabled. To enable the eG agent to run these cmdlets, the following need to be installed and run on the eG agent host:

  • A 64-bit version of the Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant for IT Professionals RTW:You can download its installable from the URL :https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/1/E/71EF1D05-A42C-4A1F-8162-96494B5E615C/msoidcli_64bit.msi. After downloading, use the installable to install the sign-in assistant, and then start it.

  • Then, install the Network Assessment Toolfor Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. For this, you need to download and run the executables from the following URLs:

    • https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/D/6/DD65CA90-94CF-4B10-88A2-67432D8EB78F/MicrosoftSkypeForBusinessNetworkAssessmentTool.exe

    • https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/0/2/e026d13b-9b1b-472a-b322-616c6e6d9c19/MicrosoftTeamsNetworkAssessmentTool.exe

  • A 64-bit version of the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell:To install this module, do the following:

    • First, install the PackageManagement and PowerShellGet modules on the eG agent host. You can download the installable from the URL:https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/4/1/C41378D4-7F41-4BBE-9D0D-0E4F98585C61/PackageManagement_x64.msi
    • Once the PackageManagement and PowerShellGet modules are successfully installed, open Windows PowerShell ISE in elevated mode on the eG agent host.

    • Then, run the following cmdlet:

      Install-Module –Name ‘MSOnline’ - Force

    • Next, run the following cmdlet to install the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module:

      Install-Module –Name ‘AzureAD’ - Force

  • Then, proceed to install the Exchange Online Management Module. For this, run the following cmdlet from the PowerShell prompt in the elevated mode:

    Install-Module –Name ‘ExchangeOnlineManagement’ - Force

  • Now, install the SharePoint Online Management Shell, which is key for monitoring SharePoint Online. For that, run the following cmdlet in the elevated mode:

    Install-Module –Name ‘Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell ’ - Force

  • Next, install the Microsoft TeamsModule, which is important for Microsoft Teams monitoring. For this, run the following cmdlet in the elevated mode:

    Install-Module –Name ‘MicrosoftTeams ’ - Force

  • Finally, run the following cmdlet in the elevated mode:

    Install-Module –Name ‘PnP.PowerShell ’ - Force