Governance & Compliance - Search & Discover for Email - Getting Started

This article contains information on setting up Search & Discover for Email in Mimecast, including user creation and Administrator permissions.

Overview

This Getting Started guide is designed to help you navigate the key steps for setting up Search & Discover for Email. 

Prerequisites

• You must have either a Super Administrator or Full Administrator role for the Mimecast Administration Console to accept the disclaimer when first accessing Search & Discover for email.
• A Full Administrator or Super Administrator should log into the Mimecast Administration Console, go to Governance & Compliance in the left menu, and select Aware. Accept the Disclaimer to access menu options for administrators with Aware permissions.

Getting Started

To get started with Search & Discover for Email, please see the following steps:

1. Log in to the Mimecast Administration Console.
2. Create a new user. See Directories - Creating & Editing Users.
3. Update permissions for the new user, to ensure they have Aware permissions. See the Prerequisites section of Archiving - Search & Discover for Email, and Archiving - Unified Login.
   • The following roles have Aware permissions by default: Super Admin, Full Admin, Discovery Officer, Reviewer.
   • You can also create a custom role with Aware permissions by ensuring that Enable Aware = Read.
4. Log in to Aware.
   • In the Mimecast Administration Console, navigate to Archive | Aware.
5. Click on System Settings in the lower left corner.
6. Add the user in the Aware System Settings with appropriate RBAC permissions, etc. See:
   • Aware 2.0 - Recommendations for Adding a New User
   • Aware 2.0 - Creating a Role
   • Aware 2.0 - RBAC Strategy Guide
   • Aware 2.0 - RBAC in Custom Reporting. 

See Also...

• Directories - Creating & Editing Users
• Archiving - Search & Discover for Email
• Archiving - Unified Login
• Aware 2.0 - Recommendations for Adding a New User
• Aware 2.0 - Creating a Role
• Aware 2.0 - RBAC Strategy Guide
• Aware 2.0 - RBAC in Custom Reporting
• Platform Administrator Capabilities