SharePoint Server

This section covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Licensing
• Requirements
  • Credentials
  • Using Multiple Credentials to Scan a SharePoint Server Target
• Set Up and Scan a SharePoint Server Target
  • Add SharePoint Server as a New Target
  • Scan a SharePoint Server Target

Overview

When a SharePoint Server is added as a scan Target, ER2 returns all root-level Site Collections for the SharePoint Server.

For the example below, "SharePointDBS" is added as a SharePoint Server Target in ER2. When the Target is probed, users can view and scan all root-level Site Collections associated with "Web Application 1" and "Web Application 2", as shown below:

SharePoint Server Host (host name: SharePointDBS) +– SharePoint Server +– Web Application 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com) +– Site Collection 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/) +– Site Collection 2 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations) +– Site Collection 3 (https://sharepoint.example.com/marketing) +– Web Application 2 (https://sharepoint.example.com:100) +– Site Collection 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com:100/) +– Site Collection 2 (https://sharepoint.example.com:100/engineering)

Licensing

For Sitewide Licenses, all scanned SharePoint Server Targets consume data from the Sitewide License data allowance limit.

For Non-Sitewide Licenses, SharePoint Server Targets require Server & DB Licenses, and consume data from the Server & DB License data allowance limit.

See Target Licenses for more information.

Requirements

Credentials

To successfully scan all resources for a SharePoint Server Target, use credentials that have the minimum required privileges to access all the web applications and site collections on the SharePoint Server.

Using Multiple Credentials to Scan a SharePoint Server Target

When multiple credentials are required to access the different Site Collections or Sites, a user can upload a text file containing granular access credentials when setting up a SharePoint Server Target. The text file contents must follow these rules:

1. Each line of the text file defines a credential set for a URL path.

2. Each line must be formatted as <url_path>|<username>|<password>.

   Field	Description
   <url_path>	The URL path to a Site Collection or Site. If the <url_path> is left blank, the credentials will be used to access all content in the SharePoint Server.
   <username>	User name that has access to the URL path.
   <password>	Password for the corresponding user.

Here is an example of a text file with granular access credentials for SharePointDBS:

Set Up and Scan a SharePoint Server Target

Add SharePoint Server as a New Target

1. From the New Scan page, Add Targets.
2. In the Select Target Type dialog box, select Server.
3. In the Enter New Target Hostname field, enter the host name of the Microsoft SQL Server where the SharePoint Server is hosted.
4. Click Test. If ER2 can connect to the Target, the button changes to a Commit button.
5. Click Commit to add the Target.
6. In the Select Types dialog box, click Server Applications > SharePoint Server.

7. In the next window, fill in the following details:

   

   Field	Description
   Path	Enter the URL of the resource to scan. If the Path field is left blank, all resources in the SharePoint Server (e.g. web applications, site collections, sites, lists, list items, folders and files) will be scanned. See Path Syntax table for more information on scanning specific resources in the SharePoint Server.
   Credential Details	If you have stored the credentials, select from Stored Credentials. If not, fill in the following fields: New Credential Label: Enter a descriptive label for the credential set. New Username: User name for the database server. New Password: Password for the database server. Windows Authentication for Microsoft SQL To use Windows authentication, enter your Windows account credentials: Username: Windows domain and username in the <domain_name\user_name> format. Password: Windows password. For more information on Windows or SQL Server authentication modes, see Choose An Authentication Mode. Credentials must have the minimum privileges described in Credentials.
   (Optional) API passwords	Upload the text file containing multiple credentials to access different Sites or Site Collections. For example, my_sharepoint_credentials.txt. ER2 will default to the credentials provided in the Username and Password fields for Sites or Site Collections that are not specified in the API passwords file. See Using Multiple Credentials to Scan a SharePoint Server Target for more information.
   Proxy Details	Select a suitable Agent.

8. Click Test. If ER2 can connect to the Target, the button changes to a Commit button.
9. Click Commit to add the Target.

Scan a SharePoint Server Target

1. (Optional) On the Select Locations page, probe the Target to browse and select specific Target locations to scan.

2. Click Next.
3. On the Select Data Types page, select the Data Type Profiles to be included in your scan and click Next.
4. On the Set Schedule page, configure the parameters for your scan. See Set Schedule for more information.
5. Click Next.
6. On the Confirm Details page, review the details of the scan schedule, and click Start Scan to start the scan. Otherwise, click Back to modify the scan schedule settings.

Path Syntax

The following options can be defined in the Path field to setup a SharePoint Server scan:

Example of SharePoint Web Application structure: Web Application 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com) +– Site Collection 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/) +– Site Collection 2 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations) +– Sub-site 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/sub-site.aspx) +– Folder 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/myFolder) +– File 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/myFolder/myFile.txt) +– Lists (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/Lists) +– List 1 (https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/Lists/myList) +– Item 1 https://sharepoint.example.com/operations/Lists/myList/myFile.pptx)