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This page is part of the installation guide for the Confluence SharePoint Connector. It tells you how to configure access to Confluence using standard Confluence authentication. These instructions apply to the connector for SharePoint 2010.

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Overview

In this configuration, both SharePoint and all client browsers are authenticated using Confluence's built in authentication module, which is a style of forms-based authentication.

Use this configuration when...
  • You have no specific authentication requirements for your environment.
  • You do not need your users to have pass-through authentication to Confluence via their desktop logins.

If you have not already seen our guide to planning your environment, you can refer to it for information that will help you select the best configuration for your environment.

Caveats

User Credentials Must Match

In order for the SharePoint Connector to seamlessly extract content from Confluence to SharePoint (and vice versa), Confluence's user repository must contain usernames and passwords that exactly match the usernames and passwords being used for SharePoint Authentication.

For small installations, you may be happy to maintain the standard Confluence user repository manually.

For larger installations, and if your SharePoint server authenticates users with Active Directory, you may consider synchronising the Confluence user repository with Active Directory.

Installation Instructions

No additional installation steps are necessary beyond following the standard installation guide for Confluence and the SharePoint Connector.

If you wish to synchronise the Confluence user repository with Active Directory, then read the Confluence documentation on LDAP user management.

Next Step

To continue with the installation of the SharePoint Connector, please install and configure the SharePoint feature.

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