This article is an index of content that provides guidance for installing SysKit Point On-Premises.

Overview

Getting started

These are the 4 most important requirements to get you started:

1. Virtual Machine where SysKit Point will be installed
   • Ask your Infrastructure team to create a dedicated VM according to the minimum requirements
   • After the VM has been created and your Infrastructure team provided you with the RDP connection info and Windows login account you need to connect to the VM and perform additional configuration steps:
     • Prepare a service account to run the SysKit Point windows service. This windows service will host the Point web application and requires the Local Administrator role on the Virtual Machine and db owner role on the SQL Server database.
     • Configure Internet Explorer settings to add the Microsoft 365 login page to Trusted sites and enable JavaScript execution inside Internet Explorer
     • Allow network traffic through the Windows Firewall on port 443 (default port for https)
     • Install a compatible browser so SysKit Point can be accessed locally from the VM
2. SQL Server database where SysKit Point will store its data
   • Ask your SQL team to prepare a dedicated SQL Server in accordance with the minimum requirements
   • Make sure they assing the correct permissions depending on the option you decide to use:
     • Option 1: Use a pre-created database
     • Option 2: Point will create a new database
3. Decide which URL are you going to use for SysKit Point web application and prepare an SSL certificate required to make a secure https connection from the browser
   • Obtain a SSL certificate from a publicly trusted certificate provider, check instructions at article deploy SysKit Point to a production environment and perform DNS server configuration if necessary
   • For testing environments the application will generate a self-signed certificate, check instructions at article deploy SysKit Point to a test environment
4. Global Administrator will be asked to login and provide application consent during the setup
   • Please note: Global admin account is only necessary during the initial configuration, later the application can be used with other non-privileged accounts

Click the appropriate link to learn more about the requirements for each of the mentioned resources.

If you run into any issues when preparing your environment, please contact us.

SysKit Point Installation & Configuration

Once you went through all the requirements above and prepared all the necessary resources you are ready to install SyKit Point. Use RDP to connect to the Virtual Machine where SysKit Point will be installed and perform the following:

• Download the SysKit Point installation package to the virtual machine
  • New customers will receive the download link from our support team
  • Existing customers can find the link on our Customers portal
• Install SysKit Point on the virtual machine
• Run the SysKit Point Configuration Wizard to perform the initial setup

First steps with SysKit Point

By now your SysKit Point is up and running. You can login to the Point web application and it continuously collects data from Microsoft 365. There are a few important considerations to make to complete the setup and secure your Point web application:

• Request access to Protected APIs in Microsoft Teams - Point needs additional approval from Microsoft in order to be able to detect Inactive Teams
• Manage who can access Point - by default only Global Administrators and SharePoint admins have the rights to login to the Point web application
• Setup data retention for Audit logs - depending on your company policy and available disk space set the data retention policy for Microsoft 365 audit logs stored locally