Activating Microsoft Teams

Important

  • To activate Microsoft Teams, you must have administrator access to Office 365.

  • To activate Microsoft Teams, you must have any of these licenses:

    • E5 licenses

      • Office 365 E5/A5/G5

      • Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5

      • Microsoft 365 E5/A5/F5/G5 Compliance and Microsoft 365 F5 Security & Compliance

      • Microsoft 365 E5/A5/F5/G5 Information Protection and Governance

    • E3 licenses

      Note - Customers can add the Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance add-on to these E3 licenses to enable Microsoft Teams support.

      • Enterprise Mobility + Security E3

      • Office 365 E3

      • Microsoft 365 E3

To activate Microsoft Teams:

  1. From the Getting Started Wizard click Start for Microsoft Teams.

    Note - This wizard appears only when you are activating your first SaaS application in Infinity Portal.

    or

    Navigate to Security Settings > SaaS Applications and click Start for Microsoft Teams.

  2. Click Start in the pop-up screen that appears.

  3. In the Microsoft Sign in window that opens, sign in with your Microsoft administrator credentials.

    Note - Microsoft performs the authentication, and Check Point does not provide these credentials.

  4. In the authorization screen from Microsoft, click Accept to grant necessary permissions to Harmony Email & Collaboration.

    For the list of permissions requested from Microsoft, see Required Permissions.

    The Microsoft Teams SaaS is enabled, and monitoring begins immediately.