May 31, 2019
10:10 AM
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Hello Kyle,
Thank you for writing.
I think the role requirements of two O365 connectors have been mixed up here. Note there is an OLD O365 connector named Microsoft Office 365 which required a Global Administrator or Billing and Skype Admin and there is a newer O365 named Microsoft 365 which requires Cloud Application Admin.
The older connector uses credentials to connect to O365 services while the newer connector uses an OAuth token. The older connector did not support 2-factor authentication however the newer one does.
Now there are various ways to connect to O365 via Microsoft Graph but it also depends on the application type. There are some ways specifically for Web Applications because they can store the credentials in their database on cloud and then there are some for Native Applications (like installed on Computers, Mobile devices). These mechanisms are mentioned here
Now the one you mentioned in your question is Client credentials grant flow which is typically used for Server-2-Server communication, in this case a Client Secret is generated and stored on client WebServer and this is then used to connect to Microsoft servers. However in this case, FlexNet Beacon, which is a native application, connects to Microsoft servers hence using a client secret flow is not secure and best practice. Therefore we use Auth code grant which is meant for Native applications.
Please refer to documentation for further detailed information.
Regards,
-Pete
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