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How it works

  • Indexes all documents attached to configured Sharepoint sites
  • Does not parse Sharepoint page content itself (only the files)
  • Supported file formats:
    • Word (.doc, .docx)
    • Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
    • PDF
    • PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
    • Plaintext (.txt, .mdx, etc.)

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Setting up

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Authorization

📺 For detailed instructions, refer to the [Sharepoint connector setup video].

  1. Log into your Azure portal

  2. Navigate to App registrations

  3. Click New Registration

    • Name it something like Hymalaia Sharepoint Connector
    • Leave all other fields as default
    • Click Register

  4. In the Overview tab, under Essentials, copy the following:

    • Application (client) ID
    • Directory (tenant) ID

  5. Go to the Certificates & secrets tab

    • Click New client secret
    • Add a description, set expiration to 24 months
    • Click Add
    • Copy the secret value from the Value column

  6. Go to the API Permissions tab

    • Click Add a permission
    • Choose Microsoft Graph → Application permissions
    • Under Sites, select:
      • Sites.Read.All (for full org-wide read)
      • Or Sites.Selected (for limited access to specific sites)
    • Click Add permissions
    • Click Grant admin consent for <Your Organization> and confirm

⚠️ If you selected Sites.Selected, you must manually assign the app to each Sharepoint site you want indexed.

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Indexing

  1. Go to the Admin Dashboard

  2. Select the Sharepoint Connector tile

  3. Provide the following credentials:

    • Application (client) ID
    • Directory (tenant) ID
    • Client Secret

  4. Optionally, list specific Sharepoint sites to index
    (Leave blank to index all accessible sites)

  5. Click Connect to begin indexing

Once connected, all files in the specified Sharepoint sites will be indexed and searchable within Hymalaia.