Authentication Methods

You can set the authentication method for Jive for SharePoint when you create the initial connection between Jive and SharePoint in the Admin Console: System > Settings > Jive for SharePoint > Settings.

Jive supports communication to the SharePoint server using the following authentication types:

• NTLM
• Kerberos
• For any other type of authentication, Jive requires one of the following alternatives. For example, Claims:
  • You need to have one of the supported authentication types (NTLM/Kerberos) enabled as a fallback in the SharePoint web application as described in this article.
  • You need to extend the SharePoint web application with an extended entry point (different address) that accepts one of the supported authentication types (NTLM / Kerberos) as described in: Extend a Web application (SharePoint Server 2010).
    • The address of the extended entry point should be used when specifying the site collection URL in the jive administration. For more on this, see Connecting Jive with SharePoint.
    • The extended web application entry should be restricted only to the system account used by Jive.
    • For each extended web app, you should configure a jive property to handle the redirect when showing the Jive user links to SharePoint. The property name should be prefixed by sharepoint.redirect.urls. and the value should be extendedurl=usersurl. for example, name: sharepoint.redirect.urls.1, value: http://extended_sharepoint_address=http://regular_sharepoint_address