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For all we know so far, this issue seems to be caused by defects in the system itself. It might affect other applications as well.

To fix it, you might try to (please check the installation after each step):

1. Restart the system.
2. Check for pending/available Windows updates
3. Download and run the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool
4. Download and reinstall .NET Framework 4.8
5. Open a command line prompt (Win+R -> CMD -> Ok) and run
   DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
6. Open a command line prompt (or use the same as before) and run
   sfc /Scannow
7. Uninstall KB5011048 from the system (how to)
8. Check for updates again or install KB5011048 manually again

Please find more information on DISM and SFC here.

Yes, Azure Files Shares can be accessed through a UNC-path. The UNC path format is \\<storageAccountName>.file.core.windows.net\<fileShareName>. Please find more information here.

The newest version of the MySQL ODBC driver is not supported with SpaceObServer. Please download and install the version 8.3 or lower from the oracle website after deinstalling the current version: MySQL :: Download MySQL Connector/ODBC (Archived Versions)

The SpaceObServer Client Access connects to the SpaceObServer database. For the right-click Explorer context menu to work, it requires a direct connection to the file server, but this is optional. Also, for displaying a few MS Office specific metadata fields (Author, Last Saved By, Last Save Date, Keywords, …) it requires access to the files as these metadata is currently not part of the SpaceObServer database.

The SpaceObServer Web Access connects to the database only.

SpaceObServer runs fully on prem, but it can scan cloud storage, e.g. SharePoint Online, S3, Azure Blob. So, no agents on the scanned system are required.

The chart on our website "How SpaceObServer works" should demonstrate this:
https://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/how-spaceobserver-works.shtml

We recommend Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise with at least 32GB of free memory (RAM) and a CPU with 4-8 cores.

Please find the supported SQL server versions here. We also documented which database size you can expect, if there are any size limits for the database size.

You can find the Offline Installer in our customer area.

To download it, please log in with your user details and navigate to "Downloads".  During maintenance, you will find the current version there as an offline installer to download.

This error code indicates that the root certificate is not trusted on the system. We just recently updated the certificate we used to sign our applications, so it still seems to be the case that this root certificate is not yet up to date.

These certificates are usually being updated and installed online and/or along with Windows updates. These updates might be disabled manually though.

Please check for pending or available Windows updates first.

If this doesn't work, please try to download and install the updated certificates manually. They are issued from GlobalSign and should therefore be considered safe:

Root certificate https://secure.globalsign.com/cacert/codesigningrootr45.crt

Intermediate certificate https://secure.globalsign.com/cacert/gsgccr45evcodesignca2020.crt

Please ensure to install the root certificate to the correct store (root certificates). Having Windows select the store automatically, it might select the wrong store for this certificate.

To install the root certificate, proceed as follows:

1. Download the certificate. If the browser reports that the file could damage the system, confirm this message with "Keep".
   As the certificate comes from a trusted source (GlobalSign), this warning is not relevant in this case.
2. Right-click on file and select "Install certificate" in the context menu.
3. A Windows dialog opens. First select the storage location "Local computer" and "Next".
4. On the following page, select "Save all certificates in the following location" -> Browse -> "Trusted root certification authorities" for this certificate.
5. Click on continue/next until the import process is complete.

Proceed in the same way to install the intermediate certificate, but select the "Intermediate certification authorities" folder in step 4.

To grant permissions on the respective site collections to be scanned via TreeSize/SpaceObServer, the PowerShell cmdlet Grant-PnPAzureADAppSitePermission can be used.

1.  Import-Module PnP.Powershell
2. Connect-PnPOnline (see Connect-PnPOnline | PnP PowerShell for connection flows and syntax)
3. Grant-PnPEntraIDAppSitePermission -AppId <AzureAppID> -DisplayName <AzureAppName>  -Site < SharePointSiteURL> -Permissions write

The user that is used for granting the permission must be a site collection admin of the respective site collection. The role 'Owner' is not sufficient.

For more information about the used cmdlets please see: https://pnp.github.io/powershell/cmdlets/

If a SharePoint Online site is configured to require a multi-factor authentication, the application will perform a browser based authentication. For a detailed explanation on how to set everything up, please refer to the manuals of TreeSize or SpaceObServer.