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Installing and Configuring the Confluence Plugins for SP 2016 (v 1.9)

Installing and Configuring the Confluence Plugins for SP 2016 (v 1.9)

Dec 06, 2016

This page tells you how to install and configure the Confluence plugins that you need for the SharePoint Connector, to integrate with Microsoft SharePoint 2016.

On this page:

1. Install the Confluence Plugins

2. Configure Confluence and the Plugins

Configuring Confluence to Share Search Results with SharePoint Server

If you have a Microsoft SharePoint Server instead of just SharePoint Foundation, you can configure Confluence to share search results with the SharePoint server. This will allow users to search content in both Confluence and SharePoint from Confluence's search features.

Screenshot: The SharePoint Server search integration section of the Confluence 'SharePoint Admin' page  



To configure Confluence to share search results with a SharePoint server:

  1. Enter the SharePoint server's Search URL into the 'Search URL' field. This usually has the format

    [http://www.example-sharepoint-server.com/searchcenter/Pages/Results.aspx]

  2. Enter the SharePoint Server's Search URL's search parameter into the 'Search Field Name'. This is usually the letter k only.

  3. Click the 'Update Search Settings' button.

You will also need to configure the SharePoint side of things. You will come to this step later, as described in  Configuring the SharePoint Federated Search on SP 2016.

After updating the search settings, the Confluence theme will display a drop-down menu next to the Confluence search box, looking like this:

The drop-down menu offers two options:

  • 'SharePoint & Confluence' – If you select this option when searching for content via the Confluence search, the search results page will open in SharePoint and will show results from both SharePoint and Confluence.

  • 'Confluence Only' – If you select this option when searching for content via the Confluence search, the search results page will open in Confluence and will show results from Confluence only.

Editing an Existing SharePoint Site's Settings

Next Step

To continue with the installation of the SharePoint Connector, please configure the access to Confluence .