Upgrading the Jive SharePoint Connector Plugin

  1. Download the Jive SharePoint Connector Plugin and extract the package to a desired location on your environment (such as a new folder on the Desktop).
  2. Log into Jive as an Administrator and navigate to the Admin Console.

  3. Go to System > Management > Plugins.
  4. Locate the existing SharePoint Connector plugin in the list, then click the red X to remove it.

    Note: Click OK if you receive the following message. You will be asked to restart Jive at the end of the upgrade steps.

  5. On the Plugins page, click Add Plugin.

  6. Click the Browse button, then locate the spintegration.jar that you extracted in Step 1 above.
  7. Click the Upload button.

  8. Once you've installed the SharePoint plugin, you should see a screen similar to the following.

  9. Restart Jive.
    Note: The following command will restart Jive running in a Linux environment.
    /etc/init.d/jive-application restart
  10. Edit each SharePoint Location and update the External Search URL and Query Test Term as discussed further below in Adding a SharePoint Location.