Connection Attributes for SharePoint Drive

The following list describes the connection attributes for the Adapter for SharePoint Drive.

Connection Name

Is the logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes.

The default value is CON01.

SharePoint URL

Is the URL of the SharePoint API request.

Example for OAuth:

https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.sharepoint.com/api/v2.1

Example for NTLM/Kerberos:

http://sharept2016/my/personal/user1
Security

Select the authentication method, either OAuth Authorization Code, OAuth Password, NTLM, or Trusted.

Authorization URL

Is the URL used to authorize your application to SharePoint, when using OAuth Authorization Code authentication.

Obtain this URL using the following steps:

  1. Go to:

    https://portal.azure.com

  2. Click Azure Active Directory in the left panel.
  3. Click App registrations.
  4. Click Endpoints.
  5. Use the URL from the OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint (v1).
User

Is the user ID used to authenticate to SharePoint, when using OAuth Password authentication.

Password

Is the password used to authenticate to SharePoint, when using OAuth Password authentication.

Application Secret

Is the Application Secret for the application created in the Azure Active Directory, when using OAuth Password authentication.

Obtain the Application Secret using the following steps:

  1. Go to:

    https://portal.azure.com

  2. Click Azure Active Directory in the left panel.
  3. Click App registrations.
  4. Click the registered application.
  5. lick Certificates & secrets.
  6. Click + New client secret to create a Client Secret.

The Application Secret is the value for the created Client Secret.

Scope

Is the scope sent as part of the OAuth Token request, when using OAuth Password authentication (optional). For example, openid.

Resource

Is the resource sent as part of the OAuth Token request, when using OAuth Password authentication (optional). For example:

https://shareptdomain

where:

shareptdomain

Is the domain when accessing SharePoint, for example, https://mycompany.sharepoint.com.

Token URL

Is the URL used to obtain a Token to access SharePoint when using OAuth authentication.

Obtain this URL using the following steps:

  1. Go to:

    https://portal.azure.com

  2. Click Azure Active Directory in the left panel.
  3. Click App registrations.
  4. Click Endpoints.
  5. Use the URL from the OAuth 2.0 token endpoint (v1).
Application ID

Is the value that identifies your application to SharePoint when using OAuth Authentication.

Obtain this value using the following steps:

  1. Go to:

    https://portal.azure.com

  2. Click Azure Active Directory in the left panel.
  3. Click App registrations.

  4. Click the Application for the SharePoint Adapter that was previously created.

  5. Use the value from the Application (client) ID.
Refresh Token

Is used to obtain a new Access Token during run time, when using OAuth Authorization Code authentication.

Kerberos SPN

Is the Service Principal Name (SPN) used with Kerberos authentication.

Select profile

Select a profile from the drop-down menu to indicate the level of profile in which to store the CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. The global profile, edasprof.prf, is the default.

If you wish to create a new profile, either a user profile (user.prf) or a group profile, if available on your platform (using the appropriate naming convention), choose New Profile from the drop-down menu and enter a name in the Profile Name field (the extension is added automatically).