SaaS Security
Onboard a Microsoft Teams App for Scans That Use Data Extraction
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Onboard a Microsoft Teams App for Scans That Use Data Extraction
Connect a Microsoft Teams instance to SSPM to detect posture risks.
This connector, which uses account credentials to connect to a Microsoft Teams
instance and data extraction techniques for scans, will be deprecated on June
16, 2025. At that time, this connector will be replaced with an improved
Microsoft Teams connector. The new connector will access your Microsoft Teams
instance through a Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure) service principal, and will
scan your Microsoft Teams instance by using the Microsoft Graph API. This new
approach will enable SSPM to detect significantly more application settings.
If you onboard a Microsoft Teams instance with account credentials prior to this
connector's removal, your established connection will continue to work. However,
if there is any change to the configuration information that you provided to
SSPM (such as an updated login password), you will need to onboard the Microsoft
Teams instance again using the new service principal connector.
For SSPM to detect posture risks in your Microsoft Teams instance with more detail
than the Office 365 app scan, you must onboard your Microsoft Teams instance to
SSPM. Through the onboarding process, SSPM logs in to a Microsoft administrator
account. SSPM uses this account to scan your Microsoft Teams instance for
misconfigured settings. If there are misconfigured settings, SSPM suggests a
remediation action based on best practices.
During the onboarding process, you will supply Microsoft Teams account credentials to
SSPM. SSPM can access the account directly or through the Okta or Microsoft Azure
identity providers. Having SSPM access the account through one of these identity
providers requires MFA, which adds an extra layer of security.
To onboard your Microsoft Teams instance, you complete the following actions:
Collect Information for Connecting to Your Microsoft Teams Instance
To access your Microsoft Teams instance, SSPM requires the following information,
which you will specify during the onboarding process.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| User | The username or email address of the
administrator account. The format that you use can depend on
whether SSPM will be logging in directly to your account or
through an identity provider. Required Permissions:
The user must be assigned to the Microsoft Global Admin
role. |
| Password | The password for the administrator account. |
If you are using Okta as your identity provider, you must provide SSPM with the
following additional information:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Okta subdomain | The Okta subdomain for your organization. The subdomain was included in the login URL that Okta assigned to your organization. |
| Okta 2FA secret | A key that is used to generate one-time passcodes for MFA. |
If you are using Azure Active Directory (AD) as your identity provider, you must
provide SSPM with the following additional information:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Azure 2FA secret | A key that is used to generate one-time passcodes for MFA. |
As you complete the following steps, make note of the values of the items
described in the preceding tables. You will need to enter these values during
onboarding to access your Microsoft Teams instance from SSPM.
- Identify the Microsoft administrator account that SSPM will use to access your Microsoft Teams instance. The administrator must be assigned to the Microsoft Global Admin role.Determine whether you want SSPM to log in to the administrator account directly, or through an identity provider.Using an identity provider adds an extra layer of security by requiring MFA using one-time passcodes. You can use Okta or Microsoft Azure as the identity provider for accessing the administrator account. However, if you use an identity provider, SSPM requires more information for MFA.
- (For Okta log in) To access the administrator account through Okta:
- (For Microsoft Azure log in) To access the administrator account through Microsoft Azure:
Connect SSPM to Your Microsoft Teams Instance
By adding a Microsoft Teams app in SSPM, you enable SSPM to connect to your Microsoft Teams instance.- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.Select and click the Microsoft Teams tile.Under posture security instances, Add Instance or, if there is already an instance configured, Add New instance.Specify how you want SSPM to connect to your Microsoft Teams instance. SSPM can Log in with Credentials, Log in with Okta, or Log in with Azure.When prompted, provide SSPM with the administrator credentials. If SSPM is connecting to the account through an identity provider, specify the information that SSPM needs for MFA.Connect.
