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title: "How to Create an Exchange Online Target"
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# How to Create an Exchange Online Target

This article describes how to create and authenticate an Exchange Online Target in Spirion Sensitive Data Platform.

## Requirements

-   Before continuing note that Spirion now supports creating an app for the search of Microsoft **OneDrive** and **Exchange**.
-   This enables Spirion Administrators to manage searching two locations with a single Entra App.
-   Before you continue, ensure you have followed the steps in the topic "[How to Create a Single Tenant App for OneDrive and Exchange Online Searches](https://dm0bkdes5q7a2ls.productfruits.help/en/article/how-to-create-a-single-tenant-app-for-onedrive-and-exchange-online-searches)."

## Create a New Exchange Online Target

Use the following steps to create and authenticate an Exchange Online Target in Spirion Sensitive Data Platform:

1.  From the left side navigation menu select **Data Asset Inventory** > **Data Assets and Targets**.
2.  Select the **TARGETS** tab at the top of the page.
3.  Click the **Actions** button in the top right corner of the page and select **Add Target** from the drop-down menu.
4.  Name the Target and select **Email** as the Target Type.
5.  Select **Exchange** in the **Target Selection** screens.
6.  Enter the Admin user account name from the Microsoft tenant into the **Account Name** field.
7.  Select the radio button “Use Self Hosted Authentication.”
8.  Under **Authentication Information** enter the following information:
9.  1.  Enter your **Client ID**.
    2.  Enter your **Client Secret**.
    3.  Enter your **Tenant ID**.
10.  Click the **Save** button at the bottom of the page to save your changes, **Cancel** to discard your changes or **Back** to go to the previous screen.
11.  If successful, your Exchange Online Target now appears in the list of Targets on the TARGETS tab.

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