Default Parameters for AzureADDevicesTest

This test periodically monitors the status of devices that are managed by an Azure organization, and promptly alerts administrators to stale devices. Detailed diagnostics reveal which devices are stale, thereby saving administrators the time and trouble involved in identifying the stale devices. Additionally, you can use this test to track the removal/deletion of devices.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the AzureADDevicesTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• Specify the Directory ID of the Azure AD tenant to which the target subscription belongs in the TENANT ID text box. To know how to determine the Directory ID/Tenant ID Click here.

• The eG agent communicates with the target Microsoft Azure Subscrption using Java API calls. To collect the required metrics, the eG agent requires an Access token in the form of an Application ID and the client secret value.Specify the Application ID of the created Application in the CLIENT ID TEXTBOX To know how to determine the Application ID Click here. Specify the client secret value in the CLIENT PASSWORD text box. To obtain the client secret value Click here.

• In some environments, all communication with the Azure cloud be routed through a proxy server. In such environments, you should make sure that the eG agent connects to the cloud via the proxy server and collects metrics. To enable metrics collection via a proxy, specify the IP address of the proxy server and the port at which the server listens against the PROXY HOST and PROXY PORT parameters. By default, these parameters are set to none , indicating that the eG agent is not configured to communicate via a proxy, by default.

• If the proxy server requires authentication, then, specify a valid proxy user name and password in the PROXY USERNAME and PROXY PASSWORD parameters, respectively. Then, confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.

• By default, STALE DAYS LIMIT parameter is set to 90 days. This means that, by default, the test will count all those devices that have not been used to access resources for or over a period of 90 days as Stale devices. The Number of stale devices measure will report the count of such devices only. If required, you can override the value of this parameter by specifying a different duration (in days) here.

• By default, RECENT DAYS LIMIT parameter is set to 30 days. This means that, by default, the test will consider any device-related management activity that took place in the last 30 days, as 'recent' activity. Accordingly, the test will report the count of devices that were registered in the last 30 days and the count of devices that were deleted in the last 30 days as the values of the Number of recent devices registered and the Number of devices removed recently measures, respectively. If you want, you can redefine what is 'recent' by changing the value of this parameter.

• The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.