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Exact permissions needed for Software Inventory
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Dufour, Francois
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Hi,
One of my customers is asking to use a least privileges account for software inventory and I'm trying to find information about the exact permissions needed for the Azure Migrate appliance when doing software inventory. This page https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/add-server-credentials just says it needs a Guest user account. Just a local or domain user account with absolutely no permissions will certainly not work so what does the account need to do its job through the vsphere API ?
Thanks for your help,
Regards,
François
Azure Migrate
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Naveena Patlolla 3,850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator2025-04-08T12:59:23.5733333+00:00 Hi Dufour, Francois
To perform software inventory using the Azure Migrate appliance, the account needs to have specific permissions. For Windows credentials, a Guest user account is typically used, but it is important that this account has the necessary permissions to access the required data. Please provide a list of all dependencies and the exact permissions required for Software Inventory.Please refer to the below document
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/add-server-credentials#required-permissions
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Dufour, Francois 56 Reputation points
2025-04-08T13:14:57.9866667+00:00 SO..., I posted the AI-powered answer (proposed by ms during question editing) to avoid time-loss as it was incomplete, it has been delete because of code of conduct ?? and then you post the exact same AI-powered answer which has 0 added-value. And to conclude this great answer of yours, you even ask me to answer my own question :D :D :D clown world...
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Naveena Patlolla 3,850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2025-04-08T16:43:58.1433333+00:00 Hi Dufour, Francois
Thanks for your response back
Please follow the steps given in the below MS article
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/least-privilege-credentials?source=recommendations#provision-the-custom-accountslet us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.
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Dufour, Francois 56 Reputation points
2025-04-09T08:58:14.8533333+00:00 The link you provided me is about SQL discovery/assessment. My question is about software inventory.
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Madugula Jahnavi 495 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator2025-04-09T12:50:21.8+00:00 Dufour, Francois, I understand that you are still facing the issue. I have initiated a private chat message to discuss the issue for further investigation. Could you respond with the required details to proceed further!
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Madugula Jahnavi 495 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2025-04-15T16:32:42.9433333+00:00 Dufour, Francois, We haven't heard any response from you. Could you reply back to the message shared in private chat to continue with further investigation!
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