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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 the standard Confluence authentication with Microsoft Secure Store Service. These instructions apply to the connector for SharePoint 2010.
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In this configuration, SharePoint and all client browsers are authenticated using Confluence's built-in authentication module, which is a style of Forms-based Authentication. The Microsoft Secure Store Service acts as a 'man-in-the-middle', performing mappings between Confluence and SharePoint user accounts.
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.
The Microsoft Secure Store Service caches users' credentials for external applications such as Confluence. The first time a user accesses Confluence, they will be prompted to enter their username and password. Subsequent logins to Confluence will use the cached credentials.
The Microsoft TechNet article on Planning the Secure Store Service has a number of guidelines on how to run the service in a manner that is as secure as possible. You should read through these guidelines and apply them to your environment, where practical.
After installing the SharePoint Connector, follow the instructions below to configure the Secure Store Service to work with Confluence.
By default, the Secure Store Service is already set up and started on new installations of SharePoint Server 2010. This step of the guide just ensures that the Secure Store Service is running in your environment.
If the Secure Store Service is not started, or is not listed in the table, then follow the instructions below to configure a new instance of the Secure Store Service. Otherwise, skip to step 2.
The next step involves creating a new target 'application' in the Secure Store database that will hold the credentials for your Confluence server.
You only need to perform this step if, upon loading the Secure Store Service Application page, you receive the following error:
To continue with the installation of the SharePoint Connector, please install and configure the SharePoint feature. When configuring the SharePoint web part make sure that you select 'Access Confluence with the Secure Store Service' as your authentication method.