Connect Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Glean
Give Glean governed access to Microsoft 365 Admin Center’s 1 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Glean in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Glean then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Microsoft 365 Admin Center in Runlayer
Add Microsoft 365 Admin Center from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect Glean to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Glean by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Glean reaches Microsoft 365 Admin Center’s 1 tool through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Glean setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Each user signs in to Microsoft 365 Admin Center with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft 365 Admin Center from Glean
Microsoft 365 Admin Center’s approved tools appear in Glean. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
1 Microsoft 365 Admin Center tools in Glean
Runlayer policy decides which of these Glean users can call.
Bulk add user
Add/create unlicensed users in bulk to the tenant.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Glean
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Glean exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Microsoft 365 Admin Center call from Glean passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Glean as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
OTLP telemetry (available)
Glean can send supported OpenTelemetry events to Runlayer for observe-only session visibility.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Glean yet, so control happens at the gateway.
In Glean
- Runlayer sees Glean activity through OpenTelemetry traces for monitoring only; enforcement happens at the gateway.
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