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Exchange Mailbox (Graph)

Use the Exchange Mailbox (Graph) source to crawl and classify content stored in a single Exchange Online mailbox using the Microsoft Graph API. For on-premises Exchange mailboxes, use Exchange Mailbox (EWS) instead.

Step 1 – In Netwrix Data Classification management console, open the Sources view and click Add.

Step 2 – Select Exchange Mailbox (Graph) source type and in the properties window specify the necessary settings.

Authentication​

You must specify the following:

OptionDescription
Admin UsernameSpecify the administrative account for the required Exchange Online organization. The user must have a mailbox connected to it to crawl Exchange.
Tenant IDEnter the Tenant ID you obtained at Step 5: Obtain Tenant ID.
Certificate thumbprintEnter the certificate thumbprint you prepared at Step 4: Configure Certificates & secrets.
Application IDEnter the app ID you got at application registration at Step 2: Create and Register a new app in Azure AD (you can find it in the Azure AD app properties >Overview). See Configure Microsoft Exchange for Crawling and Classification for details of the permissions to grant to the application.

Other configuration settings​

By default, only basic settings appear. To view advanced options, click the "wrench" icon at Settings in the bottom.

OptionDescriptionComments
Basic settings
Cloud EnvironmentSelect the Azure environment that hosts your Exchange Online tenant.
MailboxThe mailbox to crawl.E.g. test@cs.com.
Crawl RangeDefine the time period to crawl:
  • Select Date Range to crawl a static set of data within the required interval.
  • Select Since if you want to periodically re-crawl content from the specified date, taking into account the last crawl date for each object.
Crawl In-Place ArchiveSelect this option if you want to crawl Exchange Online in-place archive mailboxes.
OCR Processing ModeSet the processing mode for document images:
  • Disabled
  • skip processing document images
  • Default
  • defaults to the global setting
  • Normal
  • process the images with normal quality settings
  • Enhanced
  • upscale the images further to allow more accurate results.
The Enhanced mode will provide better accuracy but can lead to longer processing time if the images don't contain text.
Source GroupSelect the source group to add this source to. If no source groups exist, the product automatically creates one named after the source.
Pause source on creationSelect if you want to make other configuration changes before data collection occurs.
Advanced settings
Build Search IndexSelect to create a search index.
Re-Index PeriodSpecify how often to check the source for changes. Default is 7 days.Netwrix recommends using default values.
PrioritySet the crawl priority for this data source. Select the priority level from the list values:
  • Highest
  • High
  • Normal
  • Low
  • Lowest
Document TypeSpecify a value to restrict queries when using the Netwrix Data Classification search index.