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Gather the Installation Information for your SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint

The installation wizard for the SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint requires the following information:

Application Port

Specifies an available port number on the web server that hosts your SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint. The SiteMinder Management UI uses this port.

Default: None

Farm Administrator

Specifies the domain and user name of a user account that has the following privileges:

• SharePoint administrator (for installation on a stand-alone SharePoint server)
• SharePoint server farm administrator (for installation on a SharePoint server farm)
• Administrator on the local computer

Example: domain_name\user_name

Password

Specifies the password associated with one of the following types of user accounts on the web server:

• SharePoint administrator (of a single SharePoint server).
• SharePoint server farm administrator.

Email ID

Specifies an email address associated with the SharePoint server administrator or SharePoint server farm administrator. A properly formatted email address is required for user profile imports.

Database server

Specifies the name of the SharePoint database server detected by the installer and the following types of database authentication that you can use:

Windows Authentication

Uses Windows authentication to connect to the database server associated with your SharePoint deployment.

SQL Authentication

Uses SQL authentication to connect to the database server associated with your SharePoint deployment. SQL authentication requires the following:

• SQL administrator account
• SQL administrator account password

Default: Windows Authentication

More information:

SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint Installation Worksheet

Protect Applications with the SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint