
imDocShare Sync Installation
Guide for Generating Client ID and Client Secret for SharePoint Cloud
Generate Client Id and Secret
App-Only Authentication:
App-Only is a model for setting up app principals. It can be used with SharePoint Online, as will SharePoint on-premises (SharePoint 2013 and above versions).
Navigate to SharePoint site (e.g., https://tenant.sharepoint.com)
Open appregnew.aspx page (https://tenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx).
Example:
https://m365x35439636.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx

Click “Generate” button against Client Id row to generate a new client id.
Click “Generate” button against Client secret row to generate a new client secret.
Type any Title, which describes your app principal.
Type App domain as www.localhost.com
Specify redirect URI as https://www.localhost.com.
Click Create.
Note down the Client Id and Client Secret for future references.

Grant’s tenant scoped permissions to the newly created principal.
Steps:
Open SharePoint Tenant site with Tenant Administrator account (https://tenantname.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx, https://tenantname-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx)
Online – https://m365x35439636.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx
On Premises – http://klstsp16:2016/_layouts/15/ appinv.aspx
In the App Id textbox type your generated Client Id
Click the Lookup button
In the Permission Request XML textbox type below xml,
<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">
<AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/tenant" Right="FullControl"/> </AppPermissionRequests>
Click Create button
In the next dialog click Trust It button.

Add Tenant Name, Tenant URL, Client ID, Secret generated and ready.
This last step shows how to use the values to connect.
Open the imDocShare Sync Admin application, navigate to SharePoint and Add a connection.
