Setting up the app

Index

• Login to Apricot
• Setup
  • Communications
    • Email Sender
    • Do not disturb list
  • Auto-Entrust
  • Policies
  • Storage
• Has your data finished loading?

Login to Apricot

1. Use the Apricot portal to enter your address.
2. Enter your password to sign into your account. 

Note: A Global Admin or Privileged role administrator will need to consent to the app. Learn more.

Setup

ShareGate Apricot may take time to gather your information. This is a great time to adjust your Settings.

Tip: Take advantage of the in-app onboarding feature. Follow the pop-ups to learn more about using the app.

Communications

Email Sender

Keep control of how ShareGate Apricot will contact your teams to fit your needs.

1. Under Email Sender, insert the email address you would like entrusted owners to receive emails from. You can also leave this field empty to set the default sender as noreply@sharegate.com.

Note: The email address of a licensed Exchange Online user is required.

Do not disturb list

Add people of exception to this list to ensure they never receive any communications.

1. Under Do not disturb list, search the name of users you want to ensure do not receive communications from ShareGater Apricot. You can wait to add users to this list if you are not sure who to add yet. 

Auto-Entrust

Automatically entrust newly-created groups to their owners.

1. Under Auto-entrust, toggle on if you are comfortable allowing the app to automatically entrust new groups directly to their owners (this setting will not apply to existing groups).

Policies

Policies apply to groups in your Office 365 environment. Entrusted owners will automatically be contacted and asked to take action, based on the timeframe you choose.

1. Under Policies, you will see the option to set up a Lifecycle policy or an External Sharing policy. 
   • Follow these instructions to set up your Lifecycle Policy
   • Follow these instructions to set up your Security policy.

Storage

ShareGate Apricot allows you to use a default storage account, or your own custom storage account. This action cannot be reversed.

1. Follow these instructions to select your storage account type.

Note: The ShareGate Apricot default storage is free.

Has your data finished loading?

It's now time to look at your owners, entrust, and promote.

1. Get a quick snapshot of your groups in the Dashboard (the Dashboard tells you what is going on with your Office 365 groups, for day-to-day management).
   
2. Review owners.
3. Start entrusting.