About the Administrator Settings

As the name implies, these settings are only visible to users with Administrator privileges. All the settings on this page are accessible by entering Confluence settings and clicking on the "SharePoint Connector" link on the sidebar under the "Configuration" section.

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Allowed storage places

By default, users can connect folders from all the storage places supported by the SharePoint Connector app.

Administrators can easily restrict the use of specific storage places to ensure that the SharePoint Connector's use aligns with company policies.

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Turn off a storage place for all users

1. Click the "Storage Places" section on the SharePoint Connector settings page.

2. Click the switch on the storage places you want to turn off.

3. The switch changes, indicating users can no longer connect folders from that storage place.

Turn on again a storage place for all users

1. Click the "Storage Places" section on the SharePoint Connector settings page.

2. Click the switch on the storage place you want to turn on again;

3. The switch changes, indicating users can connect folders from that place again.

Attachments layout options

By default, the files and folders attached to Confluence pages use a regular header and appear in the collapsed view to use less space on the screen. It's easy to preview the file by clicking the arrow to open the expanded view, which uses the width of the page and is 464px tall by default, or clicking the file name (or preview button) to open the full-screen preview.

The Admin can set different defaults for new macros in the Admin settings section dedicated to the preview options.

Attachment header

Select the default size for the header of new macros:

• Regular: The standard size for the header of attached files and folders. It shows a big icon and additional details;

• Compact: Uses a smaller icon and only shows the name of the file or folder;

• Hidden for files: Completely hides the file header and forces the expanded preview option. Moving the mouse over the file will show a compact header.

Preview width

Select the default width for the preview:

• Auto: The standard width for previews uses the available space;

• Custom: Define a value for the width of the preview area.

Preview height

Select the default height for the preview:

• Regular: The standard height for previews (464px);

• Custom: Define a value for the height of the preview area.

Preview default visibility

Select the default behavior for the preview:

• Collapsed: The standard option that hides the preview;

• Expanded: Automatically shows the preview of files and folders. This option is required when selecting the “Hidden for files” header.

Enable advanced SharePoint authentication

With this configuration active, the end user's client (i.e., browser) handles all communication between Confluence and SharePoint. Therefore, to use this mode in the app, the user needs access to both systems and a browser running on the local machine. The same principle applies to administration and the initial setup.

Prerequisites for searching documents and lists from Confluence macros

Signed in users should have at least read access to the SharePoint site collection to perform search queries on SharePoint files and folders.

Create an Application on Azure Active Directory

Display Name and Application ID

To access SharePoint, the SharePoint Connector App must be registered as an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application. After a user is authenticated, this registration process involves giving Azure AD details about the SharePoint Connector, such as the address to which replies should be sent.  

Register Application in Azure AD

1. Go to All Services > App registrations;

2. Select New registration;

3. In the Register an application view, enter the Name and choose Supported account types;

4. Click Register.

You successfully registered a new application.

Configure Application in Azure AD

Just select the application you created in the previous step.

Note: the Display Name and Application ID might be different for you.

The application's Overview page will open.

Add Redirect URIs

1. Go to the Authentication tab and click on Add a platform;

2. On Configure platforms, select Web;

3. Next, add the SharePoint Connector App Redirect URIs and click on Configure;

Samples for Redirect URIs (use your instance URL):

• https://your-confluence-instance.com/plugins/servlet/teamfiles/advancedauth/sp/finish

4. Click on Save to save the changes.

Set API Permissions

1. You can go to the application's API Permissions page;

Request API permissions

Note: The Microsoft Graph API permission: "User.Read" should already be present.

2. Select Add Permission. The Request API permissions panel will open on the right;

3. In Microsoft APIs tab, find and select the SharePoint box. Choose Delegated Permissions as the type of permissions your application requires;

4. Expand AllSites and select the following permissions:

• AllSites.Manage

5. Confirm by clicking Add permissions button on the bottom of the panel;

The permissions are now listed in the application's API Permissions table.

6. In the Grant consent section of the API Permissions page, click the "Grant admin consent for ..." button;

7. Confirm by selecting Yes on the confirmation dialog at the top of the page.

8. Now, you can go to Certificates & Secrets and create a New client secret. Give the name you like to it.

Client secret values cannot be viewed except immediately after creation. Be sure to save the secret when created before leaving the page.

Note the Application ID

You'll need the application ID that you got in step Configure Application in Azure AD.

Note the Directory ID

On the Azure portal, check for Directories and save the Directory ID.

Note: Hovering sometimes fails in specific browsers. You can use another browser if this happens.

Configuration of the SharePoint Connector App for Confluence

Navigate to Global Administration (cog icon) > Configuration > SharePoint & OneDrive Settings > Configure SharePoint connection and enter the required values.

Afterward, you can Submit the entered values and go to the app File Manager in any Confluence Space to test the connection.

Wrap-up

On this page, you learned about all the Admin settings currently available.

If you still have questions or require help with other global settings, visit our support portal to send us your questions or feature requests. Our team is always happy to help.