Get started with Microsoft 365

Before you can start using the Microsoft 365 pages, the inventory sources for Microsoft 365 listed in Prerequisites must be installed and configured. The inventory sources populate the pages with data on subscriptions, users, applications, and activity.

When the inventory sources have been installed, you can start adding cost periods and link Microsoft 365 users to Snow inventoried users. This is to get accurate statistics and insights into the Microsoft 365 pages.

• Add cost periods

  Information imported from the Microsoft 365 portal only contains the total number of subscriptions and the number of subscriptions that have been assigned to users. There is no information about the costs for the Microsoft 365 subscriptions in the portal, so the cost periods must be added manually.

  For more information on how to add, edit, and delete cost periods on the Cost page, see Manage cost periods in Microsoft 365.

• Link users

  To automatically detect license coverage of applications, users gathered from the inventory sources and the Microsoft 365 portal users must be linked. The usage of on-premises applications can then be connected to the corresponding user and subscription plan.

  For more information on how to set up automatic linking, manually link users, and unlink users, see Manage user linking in Microsoft 365.