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Adding a SharePoint Application

In order to integrate with SharePoint, we must first create an application entry in File Access Manager. This entry includes the identification, connection details, and other parameters necessary to create the link.

To add an application, use the New Application Wizard.

  1. Navigate to Admin > Applications.
  2. Select Add New to open the wizard.

Select Wizard Type

  1. Select Standard Application
  2. Select Next to open the General Details page.

General Details

  • Application Type - SharePoint
  • Application Name - Logical name of the application
  • Description - Description of the application

  • Tags - Select tags for the application from the dropdown menu, and / or type a new name, and select Enter to create a new tag. The dropdown list of tags filters out matching tags as you type and displays up to 50 tags.

    Note

    The tags replace the Logical container field that was used when creating applications in releases before 8.2.

  • Event Manager Server - This option is available if there are more than one event manager servers configured in the system.

    Select an event manager from the drop down menu.

  • Identity Collector - Select from the Identity Collector dropdown menu.

    • You can create identity collectors in the administrative client. Applications > Configuration > Permissions Management > Identity Collectors.See section "OOTB Identity Collection" in the Collector Installation ManagerFile Access Manager Administrator Guide for further details.
    • If adding a new identity collector, press the Refresh button to update the Identity Collector dropdown list.

Select Next to open the Connection Details page.

Connection Details

  • Database Server - The address of the SharePoint server containing the configuration database

    • If you're using a non-default port number, add it, separated by a comma - [Server Name],[Port] The default port number is 1433

    • If the database has an instance name the address should be in a format of [Server Name]\[Instance Name]

    • To enter a database with an instance name on a server with a non-default port number, use the format [Server Name]\[Instance Name],[port]

    !!! note There are cases in which you will have configure an alias for Windows to support this non-default database name format. See the Troubleshooting section below.

  • Domain Name / Username - The user defined in the prerequisites. This field is used by the Data Classification service. The Permissions Collector and Activity Monitor services will use it for impersonation to allow a connection via windows authentication to the SharePoint database

  • Password - The user defined in the prerequisites
  • Leave Audit On - Whether to leave the SharePoint audit on when the service is off
  • Analyze permissions on files - Check this box to display files that break permissions inheritance. Analyze the permissions of those files.
  • Purge Old Audit Events / Days to Keep Events - Deletes audits older than a given number of days from the SharePoint Content database, using the SharePoint API

  • IIS Log Configuration - Determines whether to specify IIS log folders manually or automatically, as explained in Connector Overview and Add the “IIS Management Console” Role for Activity Monitoring.

    • Manual: Configure access to the IIS log folders manually through UNC shares. This is defined in Add the “IIS Management Console” Role for Activity Monitoring.Fill in the IIS Log Folder Paths list with the UNC path for each Web Application on each Front-end server.
    • Automatic: Let the monitor identify all front-end servers, web applications, and IIS log folder locations. (This is the default setting).This mode also sets the IIS Host field logging for each Web application in each front-end server if it was not previously set.

  • Servers to Exclude: If there are front-end servers that do not require monitoring, fill in this list.

  • Each entry may be a server name or address.

  • Type in a server name to exclude, and Select + to add it to the list.

  • To remove an item from the list, Select the x icon on the item row.

  • Specify configuration database name? - Determines whether to specify a name for the configuration database in case it differs from the default “SharePoint_Config” name.

Select Next.