Setup Azure Graph API for Chime v5 SharePoint Importer

Overview

This document is intended to assist with the setup of Azure Graph API for Chime v5 SharePoint Importer feature.

As part of this setup, we will need to do the following steps to have this feature fully configured:

  1. Add the SharePoint (Site) Application Permission onto your Chime App Registration and have it approved by an Azure Admin.
  2. Setup the SharePoint Importer Setting in Chime Admin area.
  3. Have an Azure Admin consent to the application changes that were made.

Important Roles

As part of this setup and configuration process, a tenant administrator for the Microsoft Office 365 tenant will need to perform several actions in order to provide the necessary authorization for the SharePoint connector.

  • Azure Admin with permissions to grant consent on App Registration Permission updates
  • Chime Admin

App Registration

From the app registration, save the following values:

  • The application ID (referred to as Object ID on the Microsoft Entra admin center) assigned by the app registration portal
  • A client secret (application password)

Azure Graph API SharePoint (Site) Permission

Steps for Azure Admin for setting up permissions:

  1. Navigate to https://portal.azure.com/ and then Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory)

  2. Click on the App Registrations option on the left-side menu.

  3. Select the application that is used for your Chime deployment.

  4. In this new view, click the API Permissions button.

  5. Click the Add a Permission button in the API Permissions window.

  6. Select Microsoft Graph from the list of Microsoft API’s listed.

  7. Select Application permissions.

  8. Use the search bar to find and add the following required permissions.

    1. Sites.Read.All

  9. Click the Add Permissions button.

  10. It is necessary to grant administrator consent for this permission. Click the Grant admin consent button.

  11. For creating Client Secret click the Certificates & secrets button.

  12. Click the New client secret button.

  13. Enter a description for your client secret.

  14. Click **Add **to create a new API key.

  15. Copy the newly created API secret key somewhere you can retrieve it. You will need this API secret key when configuring the SharePoint Importer feature.

Additional Resources

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