Create a Digital Hive Azure App Registration for SharePoint Online
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1. Launch portal.azure.com
2. Sign in to Azure with an administrator account
3. Select the Azure Active Directory menu option
4. Select the App registrations menu option
5. Click + New registration
6. On the Register an application screen, provide a Name for the application
7. Select the required Supported account types option. Typically, Accounts in this organizational directory only is selected, but this value will vary based on the needs of your installation
8. The Redirect URI (optional) is very important (and NOT optional) as it allows SharePoint Online to return to Digital Hive during the authentication process. The value for this parameter should be https://digitalhive_servername:9443/theia/oauth/authFinish (example). The drop-down value should be set to Web
9. Press Register
10. Select the API permissions menu option
11. Click on + Add a permission
12. Select the SharePoint option
13. For the What type of permissions does your application require? option, select Delegated permissions
14. Select the following permissions by expanding each section
16. Optional: At the bottom of the API permissions screen, press the Grant admin consent for domain.com to bypass the content screen for end users. Press Yes
17. Select Certificates & secrets
18. Press New client secret
19. Enter a Description and select Never for the expiry
20. Press Add
21. Take note of the Value as this will be used in Digital Hive (as appSecret) to establish the connection to SharePoint Online
Helpful tip: Copy this value at this point because it will not be visible again. If this appSecret is lost, simply create a new appSecret by redoing steps 18-2022. From the App registrations screen, take note of the APPLICATION (CLIENT) ID value for the newly created application
To create the Digital Hive connector consult the following Help Center article: https://support.digitalhive.com/portal/en/kb/articles/connecting-to-microsoft-spol
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