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Microsoft SharePoint

When configuring a SharePoint crawler, you must provide the full URL to the SharePoint Web Site.  The URL can refer to the root of the entire SharePoint Site, or to a Sub Site. You must also provide the credentials of a user account that has adequate permission to retrieve the content you wish to index.

The crawler will scan all content, including Document Libraries and Lists.

Requirements:

Crawler Options:

URL

The full URL to the root of the SharePoint Server

User Name

The username to log into the SharePoint Server

Password

The password of the above use'r

Row Limit

The number of rows to request from the SharePoint as once

Reuse Authenticated Connections

Improves performance by reducing re-authorization requests.  Set to False if you are having authentication issues.

Proxy Server

The proxy server to use to connect to the SharePoint Server (if needed)

Bypass List

A list of bypass exceptions for the proxy server (i.e. direct connections when a proxy server is used)

Crawler Metadata: