OneDrive  and Sharepoint Integration

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From Jim2 email, files can be opened or saved directly to/from OneDrive.

 

This must be set up within the Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) first, where an Application Registration is created.

 

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Note: You must be an Administrator of Microsoft Entra ID/Office 365 to perform this setup.

1.Go to https://entra.microsoft.com (copy and paste into a browser).

2.Expand Applications, then select App registrations.

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3.Click New registration.

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4.Enter the user-facing display name for the App (eg. Jim2 OneDrive Integration).

5.Select Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Microsoft Entra ID tenant - Multitenant) and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g. Skype, Xbox).

6.Under Redirect URL:

Select Public client/native from the drop-down list

Enter value: http://localhost

Click Register.

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7.Click All applications, then click the newly created App Registration.

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8. Record the Application (client) ID to be entered in the Jim2 Options later (right click and select Copy to clipboard).

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9. Click API permissions. Click Add a permission.

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10.Click Microsoft Graph.

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11.Click Delegated permissions.

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12.In the search box, enter files. Select the permission Files.ReadWriteAll.

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13.In the search box, enter offline. Select offline_access.

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14.In the search box, enter openid. In the search box, enter openid.

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15.In the search box, enter profile. Select profile.

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16.In the search box, enter sites. Select Sites.Read.All, and Sites.ReadWrite.All. Click Update permissions.

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17.Once completed, the Configured permissions should appear as per the screenshot below.

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18.Optionally grant Admin Consent to users of your organisation.

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This completes the app registration configuration.

 

In Jim2, go to Tools > Options > General, enter the application ID from above, and tick Enable OneDrive for file open/save.

 

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Once you have logged in, you can then choose to save to either OneDrive or Sharepoint:

 

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Jim2 will then attempt to access OneDrive when you try to load or save a file (this could be saved from an email attachment, or added to an email, when importing, exporting, loading bank fees. etc.

 

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Note: If you do not wish to save to OneDrive, hit the Esc key. This will then allow you to browse to where you would like to open/save a file.