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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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• Security ACLs will be available for folders and documents.

  Without the extension, security information will be retrieved for only for sites and lists, and their ACLs will be automatically propagated to all of the items they contain. Individual document-level security ACLs will not be available.

• URL provided to the connector can be from any site or sub-site, list or folder.

  Without the extension, the URL must be a site collection URL.

• The account used to run the connector will need fewer access rights.
• Hierarchical information required for Aspire Corporate Wide Sitemap will be available.

  This is used to implement the Aspire Corporate-Wide Sitemap feature.

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• Site Collection Discovery