Continuous scan
AI summary
Rencore Governance continuously scans your Microsoft 365 tenant on an interval you set. Scans may run later than scheduled, and the time it takes depends on data volume, the connector type, and how frequently things change in Microsoft 365.
How long a scan takes
Rencore Governance keeps scanning your Microsoft 365 tenantMicrosoft 365 tenantA Microsoft 365 tenant is the dedicated instance of Microsoft 365 that holds an organization's users, groups, data and settings.Read more in the background. In the scan configuration you set a scan intervalScan intervalA scan interval is how often Rencore Governance aims to scan one object type, such as daily or weekly.Read more for each object typeInventory objectAn inventory object is one item Rencore Governance has scanned from a connector, such as a single Team, SharePoint site collection, user or Power App.Read more, such as daily or weekly. The interval is a target, not a guarantee: a scan can run later than planned. There is no fixed time when all data is updated.
How long a scan takes, and so how current the data is, depends on:
- The amount of data.
- The specific connector that is being analyzed.
- The complexity and effort to retrieve the data.
- How often things change in the service for your tenant. Data that Microsoft APIs return quickly is usually current sooner than data that needs to be crawled.
Rencore Governance has also implemented methods to avoid getting throttledThrottlingThrottling is how Microsoft 365 limits the requests an application or user can send in a period of time.Read more by Microsoft 365Microsoft 365Microsoft 365 is the Microsoft cloud suite of Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange and the Office apps.Read more (read more).
Frequently asked questions
Will scans run at the exact interval I configure?
No. The scan interval is a target, not a guarantee; a scan can run later than planned. There is no fixed time when all data is updated.
What factors affect how long a scan takes?
Scan duration depends on the amount of data, the specific connector being analyzed, the complexity to retrieve the data, and how often things change in the service for your tenant.
Why does some data become current sooner than other data?
Data that Microsoft APIs return quickly is usually current sooner than data that needs to be crawled.
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