A Service Account is an Office 365 account used to connect the application to the corresponding Exchange Online organization. To perform this function, the account must be assigned the ApplicationImpersonation and Mailbox Search roles. No separate Office 365 license is required to run this account.
If you already have a user account with the necessary roles, you can specify its credentials to connect the application to Exchange Online. If you do not have a user account which meets these requirements, you need to create a new one.
There are two ways to specify a Service Account:
Global Administrator credentials are only required for authorizing the creation of a new account with the necessary permissions. The application no longer depends on the Global Administrator account, and does not store its credentials for future use.
It is recommended to create a Service Account automatically to simplify this procedure.
An automatically created Service Account is also granted the Security Admin role, which is required to access Exchange Online quarantine.
You can create a new user account manually or configure the settings of an existing user account if your company security policy prohibits the use of Global Administrator account credentials.
If you have already specified a Service Account in Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console, you can delete it or change its password.
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