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Enterprise Reporter 3.5.1 - Quick Start Guide

Introducing Quest® Enterprise Reporter Key Features of Enterprise Reporter Enterprise Reporter Components System Requirements Overview of Enterprise Reporter communications and required credentials Installing Enterprise Reporter Step-By-Step Walkthroughs

Run the Discoveries to Collect the Data

You can schedule discoveries or run them on demand. In this case, we want to collect this data right away. Each discovery is broken down into tasks, which are assigned to the node for processing. If you have more than one node, Enterprise Reporter uses load balancing to ensure the most efficient processing. You can track the progress of your discovery.

To run the discoveries
1
On the Manage Discoveries page, select the discovery File Storage Analysis - [Server Name].
2
Click Run.
3
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each of the other discoveries.
4
To view the progress of a discovery, click the Processing link in the Next Run column.
When a discovery is complete, the status in the Last Run Status column will change. If there were any errors during collection, click the status to view the details of the last run.

Run the Reports You Need

Once the discovery information is collected, you can run reports against it. When you run a report, it returns data based on the most recent data collected by the discoveries, the selected fields, and any parameter values you enter. Some reports may have required parameters; in this case, the report will not run unless you enter valid parameter values.

To produce the requested information, you must run a File Storage Analysis report in Enterprise Reporter. The Files and Folders report contains the following sections:

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Storage Cleanup Summary - space recommended for cleanup on all servers
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Duplicate Files - space wasted by duplicate files on the servers
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Against Policy File Category - space used by against policy files on the servers (includes wasted space and media files)
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Orphaned Files- space used by files for which the owner is unknown
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Old Data - spaced used by files which have not been accessed in over a year

You can drill down from this report to more detailed reports for each specific section within this report. The following example illustrates this process starting with the Against Policy File Category.

To drill down from this report to more detailed reports
1
On the Storage Cleanup report, scroll to the Against Policy File Category.
2
Click any server name and the FSA - Files by Category report is displayed showing the number of files, size, and size on disk for the Against Policy category on that server.
3
Click the Against Policy category link and the FSA - File Category Details report is displayed showing the 10 file types that are using the most space.
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Scroll down to the corresponding table and click on any file extension link (such as JPG) and the NTFS - File Information by Extension report is displayed showing all files with this extension on the selected computers.
5
Optionally, click the Next Report or Previous Report buttons in the toolbar to navigate between reports you have viewed.

You can repeat this process starting with the File Storage Analysis Files and Folders report. You can drill down through the various sections of the report to identify files that are duplicate, unused, orphaned or that violate storage usage policy.

Microsoft 365 and Azure Reporting

If you are required to administer your Microsoft 365 environments, including subscriptions and licenses, Enterprise Reporter can be of assistance by automatically gathering information and reporting on it.

Scenario

Each week you need a report that shows an overview of your Microsoft 365 tenant. You are going to use three reports to monitor this: one report for an overview of Microsoft 365, one report for tenant settings, and one report for Azure subscription information. You will automate the delivery of the weekly reports to ensure they are always received.

You will need to take the following steps:

1
Setup Enterprise Reporter Azure Applications for Microsoft 365 Discoveries
2
Create a Discovery to Define the Data Collection
3
Run the Discovery to Collect the Data
4
Run the Reports

Setup Enterprise Reporter Azure Applications for Microsoft 365 Discoveries

To collect from your Microsoft 365 tenant you must configure Enterprise Reporter Tenant applications using the Tenant Application Manager.

To setup Enterprise Reporter Azure Applications for Microsoft 365 Discoveries
1
On the Configuration page of the Configuration Manager, select Manage tenant applications.
2
Click Add, enter the name of your Microsoft 365 tenant and click OK.
3
In the Tenant Application Manager, your tenant will display with four applications created – Quest Enterprise Reporter Azure Discovery v2, Quest Enterprise Reporter Azure Resource Discovery, Quest Enterprise Reporter Microsoft Teams Discovery, SharePoint Online and Quest Enterprise Reporter OneDrive Discovery.
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To configure each application, click the Configure link in the Application Status column.
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Enter credentials for a global administrator account on the tenant and consent to the application permissions.
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Ensure you configure each application. Once configured, the Configure link will change to Reconfigure.
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Click Close.
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