Before getting started with Jive Connects for Microsoft SharePoint, you should review the following topics to help you ready your environment. You can find release-specific information in the Release Notes.
Take a look at see Jive in Translation to learn more about the languages supported by this version of Jive Connects for SharePoint.
Determine what SharePoint sites and Jive instances you want to connect. SharePoint can connect to multiple Jive installations and Jive can connect to multiple SharePoint sites across multiple SharePoint farms.
SharePoint activity can be shown in Jive, but restricted by policies that are enforced by SharePoint farm administrators. Consider what policies you want to put in place to keep your sensitive data secure while still making the most use out of SharePoint by extending it in to the social world of Jive.
We support impersonation using NTLM. If you use impersonation, pay close attention to the Farm Configuration for Jive screen in SharePoint and the System Properties in Jive where you can put in place extra security measures when using impersonation.
NTLM (NT Lan Manager) is a Microsoft Windows authentication implementation based on challenge/response. NTLM can be used to authenticate a user without transmitting a password over the network. A limitation of NTLM is that it cannot "delegate" a user's credentials (token) beyond the server requesting authentication. A benefit of NTLM is that it is relatively simple to configure.
For environments where users will be logging into SharePoint across multiple domains, the domains must have a two-way trust, so that Jive users can see SharePoint search results.