eShare SharePoint App Installation Guide
This document aims to describe to SharePoint admins all the steps required to install and add e-Share SharePoint app to your organization’s SharePoint sites.
Install eShare SharePoint App to Organization’s Microsoft Tenant
To begin with, the procedure described below assumes that the administrator responsible for adding the application is assigned with the SharePoint Administrator or Global Administrator role.
When an administrator is adding an application from the SharePoint Apps Store, is given the option to decide whether to “Only enable this app” or to “Enable this app and add it to all sites”. eShare’s recommendation is to “Enable this app and add it to all sites”. If your organization chooses to “Only enable this app”, this will make the application available for site owners to add it from the “My apps” page later.
To add eShare SharePoint application and enable it for all sites:
- Access SharePoint Admin Center (https://yourdomain.sharepoint.com) and go the “More features” page and click “Open” under Apps, as illustrated below:
- While on the Apps page locate and click on the SharePoint Store in the left pane to access Microsoft’s SharePoint Store:
- From the SharePoint Store page, click in the “Search by app name or publisher” box and search for “eShare Trusted Sharing for SharePoint” or “eShare” to list eShare’s application:
- Click on the highlighted application to access the application’s details page. From there, you will be presented with the option to “Add Apps site”:
- SharePoint provides 2 deployment methods for the application, “Only enable this app” which will make the app available for SharePoint owner’s to add to their site, or “Enable this app and add it to all sites” which will automatically add the app to all SharePoint sites. Additionally, while on the “Confirm data access” window, the administrator will be presented with information regarding the application’s data access, as well as the required API access after the application has been enabled. Once the option has been enabled, Select the “Add” button to add the application as an app:
- Upon clicking the “Add” button from the previous step, a new window will pop up, requiring from the administrator to approve the required access for this application to work as expected. To do so, click the “Go to API access page” button:
- You will then be redirected to SharePoint’s API access page, from where you can check and verify the API access details for eShare’s SharePoint application:
- You can confirm if the application was successfully installed by visiting any of your existing SharePoint sites. If you chose “Enable this app and add it to all sites”, skip to Step 11. If you chose “Only enable this App”, you will need to add the App to your SharePoint Site. To do this, first select the “Settings” gear in the top right corner of the screen, then select the option “Add an App”.
- Upon arrival to the “My Apps” page, from this menu look for the eShare Trusted Sharing for SharePoint app under “Apps you can add”, select the “add” button to install the app to the site.
- Ensure the App has been added confirming the button is greyed out with the text “Added”. You will also see a green banner at the top confirming the App was added successfully.
- To confirm the App has been installed, go back to the SharePoint site, right click on a file or folder and find the “Create Trusted Share” option in the file actions menu, as well the “Create Trusted Share” icon on the file actions bar as shown below:
- Congratulations, you have successfully installed eShare SharePoint Application to your tenant’s SharePoint sites and you can now start Collaborating Powerfully.