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    2023-04-27

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    New features in Docusnap 12

    Azure-Apps Management

    Azure-Apps - Introduction

    To discover Microsoft cloud technologies, there must be an app in Microsoft Azure that grants the necessary permissions to the Docusnap application.

    Until now, a separate Azure app had to be created for each of these cloud technologies for discovery with Docusnap because each cloud technology has has specific requirements. As a result, creation, use, and troubleshooting could be complex. The available new Azure app development has claims to massively improve usability, security, adaptation and transparency.

    Azure apps redevelopment - feature highlights

    Operation

    • One app for all, one app is now sufficient for the discovery of all Microsoft cloud technologies supported by Docusnap.
    • Creation of the app in the respective discovery module and in Azure app management has been greatly simplified
    • Existing apps can be easily updated via Azure App Management and are then usable for all cloud technologies
    • Scheduled cloud inventories still work, it is not mandatory to update jobs manually

    Security

    • With the use of Microsoft Device Authentication and Azure CLI, security during app creation has been increased
    • The minimum number of API read permissions required for full discovery has been reduced by 75%
    • The Docusnap user can now easily discover without knowing any security critical data of the Azure app in use
    • The name of the Azure app is defined by the user during creation, which facilitates later identification in Azure

    Adaptation

    • Task sharing within an organization, app creation can optionally be done outside of Docusnap and then added to the application
    • Unwanted Azure app permissions can be removed in Azure (with restrictions in the discovery result)

    Transparency

    • The new connection checker checks for valid keys, anonymization settings, and missing API read permissions even before execution
    • The app check in the management interface provides detailed information about functionality, validities and the set API permissions

    Automatic site assignment

    This feature assigns a system to a site created in Docusnap based on previously created definitions during discovery. If, for example, the respective networks of the existing sites were stored in the “System Assignment Criteria” wizard, a new check and assignment is now performed with each discovery. a new check and assignment is performed. Thus, systems whose site has changed are automatically assigned to the correct site.

    In addition, it is now possible in the available data views of system types such as servers or workstations by mass processing several systems either a new site or to exclude them from the automatic site assignment. The online manual describes the global discovery option Site Assignments and the available functions to define assignment criteria in detail.

    Extension and revision of the “All systems” data view

    The “All Systems” data view has been regrouped according to the categories Basic Information, Technical Data and Organizational Data and extended by the fields Data source (manual or inventoried), First capture, Virtualized, Enclosure type and System SKU.

    The shortcut CTRL + F can now be used to open and close the Enterprise Search in the application.