Manually Installing Jive SBS SharePoint Connector

This topic walks through the general procedure for manually installing the Jive SharePoint Connector in the SharePoint environment. This process can be used in place of the automated install discussed in Installing the Jive SBS SharePoint Connector.

Note: See Special Cases for additional installation/configuration scenarios.

The procedure will install the following items in SharePoint.

Jive-specific Central Administration screens (see SharePoint Central Administration)
Jive-specific Site Administration (Site Settings) screens (see SharePoint Site Settings)
Jive Places web part (see Using the Places Web Part)
Jive Recent Content web part (see Using the Recent Content Web Part)
Jive "Watch a Tag" web part (see Using the "Watch a Tag" Web Part)
Jive Federated Search web part (see Using the Federated Search Web Part)
Jive Freedom web part (see Using the Freedom Web Part)
"Copy To Jive" Functionality (Workflow, SharePoint Designer Activity, Context Menu)
Socialization Features (Status, enable/disable Context Menu, User Popup)
Back end services used by both the SharePoint web parts and Jive widgets

Manual Installation Steps

To manually install the SharePoint Connector, you need to upload the solutions package, deploy the solution, and then activate the features. The following procedures describe how to complete the manual installation.

Uploading the Solutions Package

Log into SharePoint's web application front end server using an account with Farm Administrator privileges in order to upload and deploy the .wsp
Open a command prompt and make sure your path is set with the SharePoint bin directory.
Note: The following bin directory paths provide access to SharePoint 2007 and 2010:
- SharePoint 2007: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN
- SharePoint 2010: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN
Run stsadm -o addsolution -filename Jive.SharePoint.wsp in the directory containing the extraction of Jive_SP_Connector_NetApplication_102.zip

Deploying the Solution

Open the SharePoint Central Administration in a browser.
Manage application features:
In SharePoint 2007
1. Go to Central Admin > Operations > Solution Management.
2. Select the Jive.SharePoint.wsp package and deploy it to the target web application(s).
3. Select Central Admin > Application Management > Manage Web application features, and select the appropriate web application in the top right drop-down list.
In SharePoint 2010
1. Go to Central Administration > Manage web applications.
2. Select the Jive.SharePoint.wsp package and deploy it to the target web application(s).
3. Select Manage Features.
Activate the Jive Infrastructure feature. If the "Jive Infrastructure" feature is already active you need to deactivate it and then re-activate it.
Select other web applications, and activate as appropriate.
Please see Managing Jive Installations for details on configuring Jive installations to use in SharePoint.
Important: Please ensure the Jive components for the SharePoint Connector have been installed in Jive before continuing.

Activating the Features

Open the target site collection(s) in a browser.
Log in as a site collection administrator for that site.
Go to Site Actions > Site Settings > Site Collection Features.
Activate the Jive Web Parts feature and the Jive Copy To Workflow feature.