Set Up Proofpoint Connector and Rules in VircomPortal

Login to your [Vircomportal.com](http://Vircomportal.com) using same credentials as the ones you use to login to Proofpoint portal, then click on **CONNECTORS AND RULES**

Click the arrow in the Action drop down menyu

Click Create **All Mail Flow** to create all the necessary RULES and CONNECTORS

Click the Arrow to display the list of Clients

Choose the concerned client from the list

Click **CREATE** button

Copy the AUTHORIZATION code

Click ***AUTHORIZE*** Button

Paste the copied code in the field.

Click the ***NEXT*** button

Choose the correct Account that has **administrator rights** for that specific tenant

Click the ***CONTINUE*** button to begin the RULES and CONNECTORS creation process

Once the process is done successfully, you will get prompted with similar window illustrating all the Rules and Connectors that were created

Click ***OK*** button to close the pop up

Switch to you Exchange online **RULES** to witness the RULES created, then click on CONNECTORS **Note:** the number of RULES (3 or 5 ) can be different depending on the Proofpoint package you have chosen

Witness the TWO CONNECTORS that were created

Under the RULES make sure to enable the TWO RULES as SHOWN in the screen shot **Note:** the RULE "**Proofpoint lockdown...**" ***MUST NOT*** be enable for the first day. Enable it only after couple days. this RULE will basically Lock Down your tenant and only accept message that are coming from Proofpoint IP address, otherwise the email will be rejected. If you have a device sending directly to office365 you MUST add its IP address in the EXCEPTION list

Click "***Proofpoint Inbound Connector via VircomPortal US***" and enable it **Note :** this connector MUST be enable to ensure that the communication between Proofpoint and office365 is done through TLS. Also it is required by Auditors