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Inventory Discovery

270 inventory types across 38 connectors. Every governable object is discovered and cataloged automatically, including orphaned, forgotten, and shadow resources that other tools miss.

Published For M365 Product Owner, IT Admin
Definition

Inventory Discovery is Rencore's automatic enumeration of all governable resources across connected services. 270 inventory types span 38 connectors, Microsoft 365 sites, teams, channels, mailboxes, distribution lists, OneDrive accounts, plus Claude workspaces, n8n workflows, Confluence spaces, Jira projects, and the equivalent objects in every other connected service. No agents, no manual maintenance, no forgotten resources.

What “complete” means

Most governance tools inventory a subset, sites and teams but not channels; mailboxes but not redirect rules; workspaces but not API keys. The gaps are where governance violations hide. A tool that inventories sites but not their sharing links cannot detect oversharing. One that inventories Claude workspaces but not API keys cannot detect unrotated credentials.

Rencore’s 270 inventory types cover the surface area governance actually needs, not just the obvious objects but the relations, properties, and adjacent records that policies operate on.

How discovery runs

On initial connection, Rencore enumerates every inventory type for the connected service, a full discovery pass that builds the base inventory. From that point on, delta scanning maintains the inventory incrementally. New resources appear automatically; modifications are tracked; deletions are recorded with timestamps.

Beyond enumeration

Inventory is the data foundation; policies, reports, dashboards, and automations are what is built on top. A complete inventory enables policies that catch nuanced violations (e.g., “Claude users not linked to Entra ID who have admin role on workspaces older than 6 months”) that would be impossible without the cross-referenced object graph the inventory builds.

What you get

What you get with Rencore.

Complete coverage per connector

Each connector inventories what its target service exposes. Claude ships 11 inventory types covering organizations, workspaces, users, API keys, files, and more. SharePoint covers sites, libraries, lists, sharing links, permissions, and apps. n8n covers projects, workflows, credentials, executions.

Discovery includes orphaned objects

Resources with no active owner, abandoned workspaces, decommissioned-but-not-deleted assets, these get inventoried alongside actively-used resources. The platform sees everything; sprawl is not allowed to hide.

Identity-resolved where possible

Object ownership and audience are resolved to Entra ID identities where the source API supports it. A SharePoint site shared with "Marketing - EMEA" appears in governance with the resolved group membership, not just the group reference.

Foundation for custom entities

Native inventory covers what the connectors discover. Custom entities extend the foundation to objects no connector knows about, business applications, compliance artifacts, third-party records. Native and custom inventories participate in policies, segments, and reports together.

Frequently asked questions

What does Rencore discover during inventory scanning?
Rencore automatically inventories all resources across connected services: Microsoft 365 sites, teams, groups, mailboxes, Power Platform apps and flows, AI agents, plus the equivalent objects in Slack, Box, Confluence, Claude, and every other connector. Discovery runs continuously with delta detection, so new resources appear within minutes of creation.
What is Rencore governance?
Rencore governance is a SaaS platform that continuously monitors your Microsoft 365 tenant for policy violations, configuration drift, and security risks across SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, Copilot, and AI Agents. It automates compliance evidence collection, surfaces oversharing and sprawl, and provides actionable remediation workflows, reducing manual audit effort by up to 80%.
How do Rencore policies work?
Rencore ships with hundreds of pre-built policies that detect governance violations across every connector, oversharing, sprawl, cost overruns, security risks, and compliance gaps. Policies run on a continuous schedule, evaluate each discovered object against configurable rules, and flag violations with severity (High, Medium, Low), category, and a recommended action.
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