Installing and Configuring the SharePoint Feature on SP 2010

This page tells you how to install and configure the SharePoint feature, that is, the SharePoint component of the Confluence SharePoint Connector. This component provides the Confluence web parts on the computer running SharePoint. These instructions are for SharePoint 2010.

On this page:

1. Install the SharePoint Component

To install the SharePoint component:

1. Download the SharePoint component from the SharePoint Connector download centre.
2. Extract the contents of the downloaded SharePointConnector zip file and open the 'SharePoint Installer' directory.
3. Run the file in this directory named Setup.exe. This starts the installation wizard for the SharePoint web parts.
   All files in the 'SharePoint Installer' directory must remain intact for the installation of the SharePoint web parts to succeed.
4. After the welcome page loads, click the 'Next' button to start the installation process.

5. The SharePoint web part installer performs a 'System Check' to ensure that all pre-installation and configuration requirements have been met.
   
   Screenshot: SharePoint Web Part Installer - 'System Check' Step
   
   
   
   Click 'Next' to proceed with the installation wizard. If, however, one or more of the requirements checks fails, you must address those requirements before proceeding.

   The 'Windows SharePoint Services Administration' service in Windows may be stopped by default and if so, the third item in this check list will fail.
   To resolve this issue:

   1. In Windows, go to Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools and select 'Component Services (or Services)'.
   2. In the Component Services console, select 'Services (Local)' then scroll down to the 'Windows SharePoint Services Administration' option and select it.
   3. Right-click this option and select 'Start' from the popup menu.
   4. Stop and restart the SharePoint web part installation from step 2 above.
6. The Atlassian End User license agreement is displayed. If you choose to continue, you must accept the license agreement by selecting the check box, then click the 'Next' button to continue.
7. In the 'Site Collection Deployment Targets' step, select the SharePoint site collections within your SharePoint installation, to deploy the Confluence SharePoint web part. This web part permits Confluence integration with the selected SharePoint site collections.
   
   Typically, the Confluence SharePoint web part is deployed to one or more SharePoint site collections within a SharePoint installation. The Confluence SharePoint web part is usually not deployed to the 'Shared Resource Providers'/'Shared Service Providers' collections. You should only deploy the Confluence SharePoint feature to the 'Central Administration' site collection if you plan on specifying the Confluence connection details at the farm level (see Configuring the SharePoint Web Part on SP 2010).
   All selected site collections in your SharePoint installation must be online before proceeding.
   
   Screenshot: SharePoint Web Part Installer - 'Choose SharePoint Site Collections' Step
   
   
   
   After selecting one or more Sharepoint site collections / web applications, click the 'Next' button.
8. The installation process starts, deploying the Confluence SharePoint web part to the chosen SharePoint site collections.
   
   After the installation process is complete, click the 'Next' button.
9. The 'Installation Successfully Completed' step of the installation wizard is displayed. This window shows the SharePoint site collections that now have the Confluence SharePoint web parts. Click 'Next' to continue.

10. The 'Finished' step of the installation wizard is displayed. This window provides one or more configuration links. Each link points to the Confluence settings page of a SharePoint site with its newly installed Confluence SharePoint web part. Click each of these configuration links in turn to define how the SharePoint sites will connect to Confluence. See Configuring the SharePoint Web Part on SP 2010.

    When you click the links in this window, it may take some time for the configuration screens to appear because the SharePoint sites may require time to restart.

    Screenshot: SharePoint Web Part Installer - 'Finished' Step
    
    

2. Configure the Confluence Settings for the SharePoint Sites

1. Configure the Confluence settings for each SharePoint site collection to which the SharePoint web part was deployed. You can do this by clicking the links on the 'Finished' screen of the installation wizard, as described above, or by navigating to the settings page yourself. See Configuring the SharePoint Web Part on SP 2010 for full details.
2. Configure the SharePoint Federated Search, if required. See Configuring the SharePoint Federated Search on SP 2010.