Certero Microsoft 365 Connector Credentials Considerations v1

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Attribute

Setting

Document title

Certero Microsoft 365 Connector Credentials Considerations

Document subject

Identify why a Microsoft 365 connector may have stopped working

Document version

1a

Document category

Standard

Document published date

04/03/2025

Technical level

200

Hosting type

On premise & SaaS provisioned

Product name

Certero Unified Platform UI

Product version

All

Module

Certero for SaaS Microsoft 365

Connector

Certero for SaaS Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Connector

 

Certero Microsoft 365 Connector

When creating a Microsoft 365 Connector within the Certero platform we need the customer to login into the Azure admin portal

and create a new App Registration as per the Certero PMO-RS-C4C-CONM365 reference document: https://certerompc.sharepoint.com/sites/IntranetDocs/SiteAssets/SitePages/Solution%20Design%20Reference%20Sheets/PMO-RS-C4C-CONM365%20-%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Microsoft%20365%20Connector%20v1.pdf

Client ID and Secret

A point to consider here is that part of this process is to input into the Certero platform a Client ID and Client Secret so that we create within the App registration as described above. There are now limitations put in place by Microsoft around the expiration of the Client Secrets. You can set the expiration on a Client Secret to a custom period, up to a maximum of 24 months. The Microsoft recommendation is 6 months, so if a M365 connector fails this is the first area to validate with the customer, and this is the link to share: