ControlPoint 8.7 - for Office 365 Administration Guide

Renewing or Changing the Terms of Your ControlPoint License

Use the following procedure if you need to:

·extend the period of an evaluation license

·update your ControlPoint license to include additional SharePoint users

·upgrade from an evaluation version to a full version of ControlPoint, or

·reactivate a license that has expired or is about to expire.

To change the terms of a ControlPoint license:

1Contact Quest and request a license update.

2From the left navigation pane, choose LICENSE.

The License Status may be one of the following:

Valid

Expired

Disabled

To reactivate a license:

1Click the [Reactivate License] button to the right of the License Key field to display the Change License Key dialog.

2If you have received a new license key, overwrite the existing license in the License Key field.

3Use the information in the following table to determine the appropriate action to take.

4Click [Activate].

Setting Up ControlPoint Services

Toward the end of ControlPoint configuration process you have the option to configure the following Windows service(s):

·The ControlPoint Discovery Service, which collects data and stores it in the ControlPoint Services (xcAdmin) database cache for use in ControlPoint data analysis and reporting.

AND/OR

·If Sensitive Content Manager is installed in your environment, ControlPoint Sensitive Content Manager (SCM) Services will allow you to use it within ControlPoint:

§as a means of checking for:

oContent Analysis (CA) jobs ready to be uploaded from ControlPoint to Sensitive Content Manager for scanning.

AND

oScan results ready to be downloaded from Sensitive Content Manager to ControlPoint for further action.

AND

§Because they support multi-threading, SCM Services are especially suited to very large content analysis jobs.

NOTE:  If you want to configure services at a later time, you can do so by launching the Configuration Wizard from the server on which ControlPoint is installed (using the same on premises and O365 login accounts  used to install the ControlPoint application).  After you have verified the Wizard has finished checking installed components, select Configure Services.

If you do choose to perform this action at later time, you will be prompted to complete the SharePoint online account validation dialog and authenticate using the Office 365 account used at the time ControlPoint was installed (which must be a Global Administrator for the tenant).

To configure ControlPoint Services:

1On the Configure Services dialog, select the service(s) you want to configure.

IMPORTANT:  

§The Service Account must meet all of the requirements of the ControlPoint Service Account, as well as permission to Run as a Service.

§Keep in mind that the latest version of ControlPoint Sensitive Content Manager Service will only work with version 2.0 or later of Metalogix Sensitive Content Manager.

2Select the service(s) you want to configure.

3Click [Continue].

4Click [Start Deployment].

The installer deploys the selected Windows service(s).

5When the services have been successfully deployed, click [Finish].

Additional Setup Requirement for the ControlPoint Discovery Service

Before you can use the ControlPoint Discovery Service for the first time, you must also perform the following configuration tasks on the General tab of the Discovery Setup application (located, by default, in the folder C:\Program Files\Metalogix\ControlPointOnline\ControlPointFeatures\Services\Discovery):

·For Configure Discovery to run under, select SharePoint Local, and

·Add the SQL Server Connection String for xcAdmin Database.

NOTE:  You can copy the Connection String from the file CPConfiguration.exe.config, located, by default, in the folder C:\Program Files\Metalogix\ControlPointOnline\ControlPointFeatures. Use the portion of the string that starts with the words Data Source and ends with Integrated Security = <value>.

IMPORTANT:  Before Services Can be Run:

Before you can run Discovery and Sensitive Content Manager services, make sure that:

·TLS version 1.2 is enabled on the server where the services are installed

AND

·the .NET Framework is configured to support strong cryptography (via the Windows Registry setting SchUseStrongCrypto).

Refer to the following Microsoft articles for complete details.

·Transport Layer Security (TLS) best practices with the .NET Framework

·How to enable TLS 1.2

Using Discovery to Collect Information for the ControlPoint Database Cache

ControlPoint Discovery is a tenant-specific background task that collects information and stores it in the ControlPoint Services (xcAdmin) database cache for use in ControlPoint data analysis and reporting.

·for use in ControlPoint data analysis and reporting

·to populate and update statistics lists used to create dashboards.

Discovery is triggered by the ControlPoint Discovery Service to run on a pre-defined schedule.

If you want to ensure that your ControlPoint analyses have the most recent cached data—you can run the Discovery process interactively from the ControlPoint application. The ControlPoint installer includes the option to configure the Discovery Service.  

If the ControlPoint Discovery Service is not installed, the operations and parameters that rely on cached data collected by Discovery are disabled.

Using the Discovery Service

The ControlPoint Discovery Service runs as a Windows Service, and is especially suited to very large SharePoint environments as Discovery run time can be significantly reduced.

The ControlPoint Discovery Service can be configured at the time ControlPoint is installed or upgraded, or at any time when the Configuration Wizard is launched.  See Configuring ControlPoint Services for details.