Installing the SharePoint-Side Plugin

Before you can begin connecting Jive with SharePoint, you'll need to do some setup on SharePoint.

1. Download the Jive plugin package to a location that can be accessed from the SharePoint server.
2. Go to Start > SharePoint Management Shell > Run As Administrator
3. Run Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath where -LiteralPath is the path to the Jive plugin package.
4. Navigate according to your SharePoint version:
   • For SharePoint 2010, go to Central Administration > System Settings > Manage farm solutions.
   • For SharePoint 2007, go to Central Administration > Operations > Solution Management.
5. Select the plugin.
6. Select Deploy Solution and wait till the plugin shows as Deployed.
7. Go to Your SP Server Address/_layouts/settings.aspx.
8. Navigate according to your SharePoint version and then select the related web application:
   • For SharePoint 2010, go to Central Administration > System Settings > Manage farm features.
   • For SharePoint 2007, go to Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Web Application Features.
9. Click Activate next to Federated Search.