#Manage Partner App Profiles

An app profile for Microsoft 365 is required if you want to add Microsoft 365 users/groups as this system’s users and want to enable single sign-on. An app profile generates the AvePoint Elements - User Management app. This app connects this system to Microsoft 365.

To manage partner app profiles, go to the Settings page, and select Partner app profile. The Partner app profile page appears.

You can perform the following actions:

#Create an App Profile for Microsoft 365

Creating an app profile for Microsoft 365 requires a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator account.

To create an app profile for Microsoft 365, complete the following steps:

1. Go to the Settings page, and click Partner app profile.

2. Click Create on the App profile management page.

3. In the Create window, enter a name for the app profile you want to create, and click Continue.

4. A window appears to confirm if you want to jump to the Microsoft 365 login page and enter another account to create a new app profile.

   If your customer uses the U.S. Government Public Sector version of AvePoint Online Services in the US Gov Virginia data center, first choose a version for the app profile:

   1. Global Microsoft 365 – If your customer’s Microsoft login URL ends with .com, select this version.

   2. Microsoft 365 U.S. Government – If your customer’s Microsoft login URL ends with .us, select this version.

   Click OK to proceed:

   1. On the Microsoft 365 Sign in page, enter the login ID and password of a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator account. Then, click Sign in.

   2. Review the permissions required for this app and click Accept to continue.

      The following permissions are required:

      • Read all groups

      • Read organization information

      • Read all users' full profiles

      • Read directory data

      • Read all group memberships

      • Read domains

      • Sign in and read user profile

The App profile management page appears, and the app profile is created successfully.

#Reauthorize the App

The app profiles whose statuses are App authorization expired must be re-authorized. You can also re-authorize the app for an active app profile if you want to change the Microsoft 365 account used to authorize the app. The Re-authorize app action requires a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator account.

Complete the following steps to re-authorize the app for a Microsoft 365 app profile:

1. Select an app profile and click Re-authorize.

2. Choose one of the following options in the pop-up window:

   • Use the current account – The currently signed-in account will be used to authorize the app.

     1. Choose this option and click OK.

     2. Review the permissions required for this system and click Accept to continue.

   • Sign out and use another account – The currently signed-in account will be signed out and you need to enter another account to authorize the app. The system will sign in this system with the signed out account automatically.

     1. Choose this option and click OK.

     2. On the Microsoft 365 Sign in page, enter the login ID and password of a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator account. Then, click Sign in. The signed out account is signed into this system again.

     3. Review the permissions required for this system and click Accept to continue.

The App profile management page appears and the AvePoint Elements - User Management app is successfully authorized for the selected profile.