Microsoft 365 Groups Azure App Registration - Source or Destination

The following steps are required to migrate from/to Microsoft 365 Groups.

  1. Login to the Microsoft Azure portal for your chosen domain.
  2. Click 'Azure Active Directory'  and then  'App registrations' 
  3. Click 'New registration' and
    • Enter a name for your application (This can be changed at any time).
    • Supported Account Types should be left as the default 'Accounts in this organizational directory only (NAME OF COMPANY)'
    • Redirect URI is not required.
    • Click 'Register'
  4. On successfully registering your application you will be redirected to the below screen.(For the purpose of this documentation, the name of application is 'CloudM Migrate Source')
    • NOTE : Open Notepad and Copy 'Application (client) ID'. This is the 'Client Id' required in the CloudM Migrate configuration
  5. Click 'Certificates & secrets'
    • 'New client secret'
    • Select 'Never'
    • Click 'Add'
  6. Client Secret will be generated and the client secrets table populated like below.
    • NOTE : Copy the value generated and paste the value into notepad. This is the 'Client Secret' required in the CloudM Migrate configuration.
  7. Click 'API Permissions'
    • Remove the default 'User.Read' by selecting the row and clicking 'Remove permission'
  8. Click 'Add a permission', under 'Microsoft APIs' select 'Microsoft Graph'
  9. Click 'Application Permission' 
  10. Under 'Select Permissions' type the name of the permission you would like to add. Once all added, click 'Grant admin consent for '(Name of company)'
    • Source Office 365 Groups add :
      • Directory.Read.All
      • Directory.ReadWrite.All
      • Group.Read.All
      • Sites.ReadWrite.All
  • Destination Office 365 Groups add :
    • AuditLog.Read.All
    • Directory.Read.All
    • Group.Read.All
    • Group.ReadWrite.All
    • Sites.ReadWrite.All

If you have not already done so, please ensure that all permissions have been granted by clicking the 'Grant admin consent for (Company name)'  button. 

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