Agent for SharePoint Guide › Install and Configure the CA SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint › Manage SharePoint Connections Using the SharePoint Connection Wizard › Create a SharePoint Connection

Create a SharePoint Connection

The Agent for SharePoint uses a connection wizard to define the connection parameters that are used when CA SiteMinder communicates with your SharePoint server. The connection wizard does following tasks:

• Configures the connection between your Agent for SharePoint and the Policy Server.
• Creates a Windows PowerShell script that you modify and run on your SharePoint central administration server to create a trusted identity provider.

Follow these steps:

1. Perform the following:
   • (Windows)
   1. Navigate to the following directory:

      Agent-for-SharePoint_home/sharepoint_connection_wizard
      

   2. Right-click the executable and select Run as administrator.

      The SharePoint Connection wizard starts.

   • (Unix)
   1. Navigate to the following directory:

      Agent-for-SharePoint_home/sharepoint_connection_wizard
      

   2. Enter one of the following commands:
      • Solaris: sh ./ca-spconnect-12.0-sp3-sol.bin
      • Linux: sh ./ca-spconnect-12.0-sp3-rhel30.bin

      The SharePoint Connection wizard starts.

2. Complete the wizard using the information you gathered.
3. Click Install.

   The Save Complete screen appears and shows location of your PowerShell script. The PowerShell script is created in the following directory:

   Agent-for-SharePoint_home/sharepoint_connection_wizard/
   

   The connection wizard uses the connection name that you specified (in Step 8) as the name of the PowerShell script. For example, if you specify my_sharepoint_connnection for a connection name in the connection wizard, then name of the PowerShell script is my_sharepoint_connection.ps1.

4. Click Done.

   The connection wizard closes.

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