Give the Azure service account access to the SharePoint Online sites, in a modern authentication environment.
Before You Begin
For Commvault user license computation purposes, the SharePoint Online service account must meet the following requirements:
The service account must be created in Azure.
Multi-factor authentication must be disabled for the service account.
In the Azure portal, the Security defaults tenant-level option must be disabled.
The account must be either of the following:
A SharePoint administrator account
An Office 365 user account that has PowerShell access rights
A local system account (Windows user), which is required when more than one access node is used, must meet the following requirements:
Must be a member of the local administrator group.
Must be a domain user.
Procedure
Log on to the Azure portal using your global administrator account.
Go to Azure Active Directory.
Create a user, disable multi-factor authentication for the user.
Assign the user to the SharePoint administrator role.
Related Topics
For more information about creating a user, see Add or delete users using Azure Active Directory in the Microsoft documentation.