The SharePoint Online connector is a microservice that can be deployed to Azure to allow EmpowerID to manage SharePoint Online. The microservice can be deployed in both EmpowerID SaaS and self-hosted environments. If self-hosting EmpowerID, an Azure tenant must first be configured as outlined in the Configuration of SharePoint Online Inventory - Not Applicable if using EmpowerID SaaS topic. If using EmpowerID SaaS, follow the steps under SaaS Deployment of the SharePoint Online Microservice.(SPO) connector contains multiple Azure services including microservices, web jobs and Azure functions used for inventorying and managing SharePoint Online in EmpowerID. The SPO connector is an enterprise-scale, high-security product that can be run on premise or as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) run by EmpowerID as Web and Application Server containers both in the cloud or on premise. Key to the connector is the the SPO microservice, which you deploy to each SharePoint tenant you want to manage in EmpowerID. If you are taking advantage of EmpowerID SaaS, you simply deploy the microservice to your SharePoint tenants as described in the below topics. Organizations self-hosting EmpowerID need to perform additional steps beyond deploying the microservice to enable EmpowerID to inventory SharePoint online. These additional steps are outlined in the Configuration of SharePoint Online Inventory topic. | 
