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Website installation
To install the Office Connector (henceforth referred to as "OC"), install an OC the exact same way you would install a Media Manager 5 site (MM).
- Create a new website folder and copy the content from SWInstall into the created website folder.
Website configuration
The OC has it own appsettings.json file, identical to the appsettings.json file for MM. Some parameters are of particular interest in the OC.
VersionId
Note that the OC does not have a separate entry in the ConfigManager in the DC. If an OC entry exists, it belongs to the old OC and it will not affect the new one.
Instead, the OC uses an MM configuration, which can be found as a child of the Media Manager 5 node in the ConfigManager. The following options are available:
- (Recommended) Create a new child configuration for the OC based on the MM configuration. This makes it possible to change e.g. searches and configuration parameters independently of MM.
- Use an existing MM configuration.
Create or choose a configuration to use, and then change the "VersionId" parameter in the appsettings.json for the OC appropriately.
SSO
If you want to enable SSO, change "UseFederatedAuthentication" to "true" in the appsettings.json file.
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To deploy the manifest and thus make the OC available for users, go through the following steps with an Office 365 admin account: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/centralized-deployment.If an issue is encountered, please validate your manifest file with the tool at: https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Addin-Scripts/tree/master/packages/office-addin-manifest
Centralized deployment
With an Office 365 admin account, follow the installation steps at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/centralized-deployment.
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Two logins are available. Ensure that the user is logged in with his/her organizational ID in the correct location:
If an issue is encountered while deploying, please validate your manifest file with the tool at: https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Addin-Scripts/tree/master/packages/office-addin-manifest
Updating the manifest file
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