Enterprise Vault™ Setting up Microsoft Teams Archiving

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Collecting Merge1 information

This topic contains information that enables you to collect the Merge1 information which is required for setting up Microsoft Teams archiving.

API Clients

This section describes the Merge1 API basic auth feature which allows managing Client Applications for having access to the Merge1 REST APIs.

Activating API Clients in the Merge1 UI

The API Clients section is hidden from the Merge1 UI. To display the API Clients section in the navigation pane, perform one of the following actions:

  1. Go to System Properties > Environment Variables > System Variables.

  2. Click Add new. The New system variable window opens.

  3. Enter Merge1:Environment as the Variable name and EV as the Variable value.

  4. Restart IIS.

OR

  1. Go to C:\Program Files\Globanet Consulting Services\Merge1 6.0\Bin\Configuration.

  2. Open the appsettings.json file.

  3. Add "Environment": "EV" to the file. For example,

  4. Restart IIS.

When the variable is added, the API Clients section is displayed on the navigation pane.

Managing API Clients

This section describes how to add an application.

Adding an Application

To add an application:

  1. Go to the API Client section of the navigation pane.

  2. Click ADD APPLICATION.

  3. In the pop-up window, enter Application Name (maximum 64 characters length).

    The specified inactive Role is used to define the level of accessibility.

  4. Click ADD.

The application consists of the following fields:

Table: Application fields

Component

Description

Name

The application name is specified.

Role

The level of accessibility is specified.

Application ID

The application ID is presented. You can copy the ID by clicking the Copy option.

Managing Secrets

This section describes how to add a secret.

To navigate to secrets, click Go to Secrets located on the left bottom corner of the application.

Adding a Secret

To add a secret:

  1. Click ADD SECRET.

  2. In the opened window, enter a Description (maximum 500 characters length) for the secret and select the Expiration period.

    The specified expiration period is used to invalidate the secret.

    Available periods are:

    • Recommended: 6 months

    • 3 months

    • 12 months

    • 18 months

    • 24 months

    • Custom

    You can select one of the available periods from the drop-down list. Also, you can specify a custom expiration date by selecting the Custom option from the list and specifying the date.

The secret consists of the following fields:

Table: Secret fields

Component

Description

Description

The description of the secret.

Client Secret

The client secret is specified. Note that the Client secret is displayed only when you create the secret. Copy the secret using the Copy option, and save it in a secure location for later usage.

Expires

The expiration date is specified.