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SharePoint Agent Installation

The SharePoint Agent is capable of auditing permissions and content, or Access Auditing (SPAA) and Sensitive Data Discovery Auditing, on SharePoint servers.

This topic provides information on the installation and upgrade processes of the SharePoint Agent. It also provides information on the permissions needed by the service account used to run the Access Auditing (SPAA) and Sensitive Data Discovery Auditing scans against the targeted SharePoint environment.

For information on the required prerequisites and permissions, see the SharePoint Agent Permissions topic.

The version of the SharePoint Agent must also match the major version of Access Analyzer.

Supported Platforms​

You can install the SharePoint Agent for the Access Analyzer SharePoint & SharePoint Online Solution on the following SharePoint versions as targeted environments:

  • SharePoint® 2019
  • SharePoint® 2016
  • SharePoint® 2013

Sensitive Data Discovery Auditing Consideration​

If you run Sensitive Data Discovery (SDD) scans, you must increase the minimum amount of RAM. Each thread requires a minimum of 2 additional GB of RAM per host. For example, if you configure the job to scan 8 hosts at a time, you need an extra 16 GB of RAM (8x2=16).