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Pre-requisites for Monitoring Microsoft SharePoint Online
Before attempting to monitor Microsoft SharePoint Online, make sure that the following pre-requisites are fulfilled:
The eG agent should be deployed on a remote host running one of the following Windows versions:
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows 11
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
eG Enterprise provides proprietary PowerShell scripts, which you can run and have many of the pre-requisites for monitoring automatically fulfilled. These scripts and their purposes are discussed in the table below:
Script name |
Purpose |
O365_Step2_ModulesDwnldnInstall.ps1 |
Automatically installs the following modules/packages that are required for monitoring SharePoint Online:
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O365SetRolesAndpermissions.ps1 |
The eG agent runs Powershell cmdlets to pull many of the metrics for SharePoint Online. To run these cmdlets, the eG agent requires the privileges of a user who has been assigned the Service support admin and SharePoint admin roles and is vested with the View-Only Audit Logs permission. For this purpose, each test the eG agent runs on SharePoint Online should be configured with the credentials of a user who has been assigned the aforesaid role and permissions. Using this script, you can:
Also, to enable the eG agent to monitor the SharePoint Online service health, site usage, Message Center communications, and user activity, you need to ensure that the Microsoft Graph App is installed on Azure Active Directory (AD), with the following permissions:
This script automatically creates a Microsoft Graph app on Microsoft Azure Active Directory, auto-configured with all the permissions required for monitoring. |
To know how to use these scripts, refer to Using Powershell Scripts to Fulfill Requirements for Monitoring SharePoint Online