Version of SharePoint 2010 required

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The Aspire SharePoint 2010 connector was created and tested using version 3.2.

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• SharePoint 2010 or 2007 is up and running

User Account Requirements 

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In order to access SharePoint web services (including the Aspire for SharePoint web service), an Active Directory Windows User account with sufficient privileges must be supplied. You may have a different account per URL if required.

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In both cases, it is recommended the account be the site collection administrator. See SharePoint Access Rights tutorial for more info on how to set this permissions.

Windows or Linux

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The Aspire SharePoint connector can run on either Windows or Linux. It uses web services over HTTP or HTTPS to communicate with SharePoint.

Standard or Extended SharePoint Web Services

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Standard SharePoint web services do not have all of the features necessary to crawl SharePoint with full document level security and full hierarchical metadata. If you need these features, you will need to install a SharePoint web service extension for Aspire on your SharePoint front ends. Go to SharePoint Web Services Extension for information on installing the web service extension.

If you do not need these features, the Aspire SharePoint connector will work without it. Just select "Use Standard Web Services" when you install the SharePoint connector application into Aspire.

Additional Features Provided with the Extended Web Service

The following features will be available if you install the extended web service:

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