How to Connect Collabora Office or GovOffice to SharePoint

How to Connect Collabora Office

to SharePoint

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How to Connect Collabora Office or GovOffice to SharePoint

Table of Contents

General Information....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

SharePoint Server Setup............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Accessing the Remote Files..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

First Time Setup................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Browsing the Files............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Saving Files........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

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General Information

General InformationCollabora Office and Collabora GovOffice were traditionally able to connect to SharePoint using its webdav interface. Unfortunately, that method was missing access to various properties that are

available when connecting natively.

Since the Collabora Office and Collabora GovOffice version 5.1, the SharePoint support has been

extended to support more advanced access method, and the entire user interface was revamped for better experience. This document guides through the setup, and explains the necessary steps.

SharePoint Server SetupAs a pre-requisite, the SharePoint server administrators have to enable the CMIS access for the

following instructions to work. Details how to do that are for example here:

http://dhartford.blogspot.com/2013/01/sharepoint-2013-w-apache-chemistry-cmis.html

Accessing the Remote FilesCollabora Office and Collabora GovOffice 5.1 can access the SharePoint files either via menu, from

the toolbar, or from the start center.

When the users enter the remote file dialog the first time, they have to setup the SharePoint URL,

but later they can directly browse the files, as the SharePoint URL is stored, and remembered for the later use.

Illustration 1: Open SharePoint files from the start center.

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Illustration 2: Open SharePoint files from the File menu.

Illustration 3: Open SharePoint files from the toolbar – use the dropdown.

First Time Setup

First Time SetupThe setup of the SharePoint URL has to be done only once. For the later use, the value is remembered

in the ‘Service’ listbox. The option ‘SharePoint 2010’ is recommended, and works even for the 2013 version. First the user has to click the ‘Add service’ button:

They are presented with a list of available services – choose SharePoint 2010 (please use that even for SharePoint 2013), fill-in the Host:, User:, and Password:, and click the button next to 'Repository'.

Then choose ‘Documents’ as the Repository, and press OK:

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Illustration 4: No services added yet - click 'Add services' to add your SharePoint instance.

Illustration 5: Choose 'SharePoint 2010', fill in the URL to the services (to be provided by yourSharePoint administrators) and credentials, and press the ‘Reload’ button.

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Authenticate as needed. Please read carefully the information about the master password if you are

setting one:

Illustration 6: Authentication to the repository.

Illustration 7: Setting the master password.

Illustration 8: The master password was provided previously.

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Browsing the Files

Browsing the FilesNow the users are able to browse their files:

Illustration 9: Browsing documents available on the SharePoint.

The selected file will open after pressing the ‘Open’ button:

Illustration 10: File from SharePoint open in Collabora Office - note the (Remote) in the title.

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Various properties are visible from File Properties under the ‘CMIS Properties’ tab:→ Properties under the ‘CMIS Properties’ tab:

Saving FilesThe modified file can be saved back to SharePoint using File Save, or using the ‘Save’ button from → Properties under the ‘CMIS Properties’ tab:the toolbar:

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Illustration 11: SharePoint properties of the file.

Saving Files

Illustration 12: Save the file back to SharePoint (alternatively use the 'Save' button from the toolbar).

When the users want to save under a new name, they have to choose File Save to Remote Server, → Properties under the ‘CMIS Properties’ tab:or using the ‘Save Remote File...’ from the dropdown of the ‘Save’ icon in the toolbar.

Illustration 13: Save file to a new location or with a new file name in SharePoint.

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