How to configure the Meridian Publisher Job to use SharePoint Online Authentication

The currently released versions of Meridian Server support only Basic Authentication to authenticate with the SharePoint Online services.

Microsoft has started to deactivate Basic Authentication for its SharePoint Online and Office 365 tenancies.

There is a patch for Meridian 2021 R3 with which you can use SharePoint Online Authentication in the Publisher Job.

Note:

  • This change does not affect publishing to an on-premises installation of SharePoint.

  • Before installing any patch, we recommend that you ensure that the Meridian Backup and the Enterprise Server snaphot are ready in case of any inconvenience. Also, it is preferably to perform these changes in your test environment first.

If you are using the Meridian Publisher to publish documents to SharePoint Online, or if you want to migrate your SharePoint on-premises installation to OAuth 2.0, follow the instructions below:

  1. Contact Accruent Support to request the following patch for Meridian 2021 R3:

    Patch 4.0.6124.6 (MPS-51755).zip

  2. Extract all files from the .zip archive.

  3. Follow the instructions in the Readme.txt file and install the patch.

  4. In the Administration Console, click Jobs.

  5. Enter in the Publisher Job properties that are used to publish to your SharePoint.

  6. To edit the destination system, click Edit.

  7. On the Destination Systems configuration page, select the new the option that appears [ ] Authenticate with OAuth2.0.

  8. Ask your SharePoint administrator to inform the SharePoint's Client ID and Client secret.

  9. In the Destination Systems configuration, add the client ID and secret to the publishing job.

  10. Click OK and save the changes to the job.

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