System Requirements

This section lists out the minimum system requirements that is required to install and work with M365 Security Plus.

• Hardware requirements
• Software requirements

Hardware requirements

Hardware	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	2.4 GHz	3 GHz
Core processor	4 GHz	6 GHz or more
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
Disk space	100 GB (SSD preferred)	200 GB (SSD preferred)
Disk throughput	5MB/s	20MB/s

Software Requirements

Supported Platforms

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 8
• Windows 7 SP1

Supported Browsers

• Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
• Firefox 45.0 and above
• Chrome 45.0 and above

Supported databases

PostgreSQL

M365 Security Plus build number	Supported database versions
4400 and above	PostgreSQL 9.4-9.6 and 10.12
4000-4400	PostgreSQL 9.2-9.6

MS SQL

M365 Security Plus build number	Supported database versions
4000 and above	Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and above

Port requirements

M365 Security Plus uses port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPs communications.

Prerequisites

Before you configure an Microsoft 365 tenant, make sure that these prerequisites are satisfied.

• Make sure that you have a working internet connection and the required domains are not blocked by your firewall. Please refer this table to know the entire list of domains to be allowed by your firewall.
• If you plan to install the product in a system running Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 2008 R2 SP1, make sure that you have Microsoft .NET version 4 and PowerShell version 5.1 installed in your system.
1. To check if Microsoft .NET Framework is installed, open Command Prompt from Run. Enter the following command reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version. Check the displayed version. If the version 4 is not installed, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4 from here.
2. To check if PowerShell is installed, type PowerShell from Run. If PowerShell is installed, check for its version number by running the command $PSVersionTable. If the version is below 5.1 or if PowerShell is not installed, install PowerShell V 5.1 from here.

Firewall settings

The following endpoints must be allowed by the firewall for the seamless functioning of the tool.

General domains

The general domains that must be allowed through the firewall are as follows,

1. m365securityplus.com
2. *.zoho.com
3. *.manageengine.com
4. *.zohocorp.com
5. api.bcti.brightcloud.com
6. *.manageengine.jp (Only Japanese build users)
7. *.manageengine.cn (Only Chinese build users)

Azure AD general cloud

The Azure general cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall. Azure Germany, China and US cloud users refer to the respective tables.

Table 3: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD general cloud users.

MODULE	ENDPOINT
REST API	login.microsoftonline.com
	graph.microsoft.com
	manage.office.com
	portal.office.com
	admin.microsoft.com/fd/CommerceAPI/my-org
	aadcdn.msftauth.net (or) aadcdn.msauth.net
Exchange Online	outlook.office.com
	outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid

Azure Germany

The Azure Germany cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.

Table 4: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD Germany cloud users.

MODULE	ENDPOINT
REST API	login.microsoftonline.de
	graph.cloudapi.de
	graph.microsoft.de
	portal.office.de
	manage.office.de
EXCHANGE ONLINE	outlook.office.de
	outlook.office.de/powershell-liveid

Azure China

The Azure China cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.

Table 5: Domains to be allowed by Azure AD China cloud users

MODULE	ENDPOINT
REST API	login.partner.microsoftonline.cn
	microsoftgraph.chinacloudapi.cn
	manage.office.cn
	portal.azure.cn
	aadcdn.msftauth.cn
Exchange Online	partner.outlook.cn
	partner.outlook.cn/PowerShell

Azure US

The Azure US cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewall.

MODULE	ENDPOINT
REST API	login.microsoftonline.us
	graph.microsoft.us
	manage.office.us
	portal.azure.us
Exchange Online	outlook.office365.us
	outlook.office365.us/powershell-liveid