Installation Power Automate Solution (SPC)

The Power Automate Solution comes as two installation packages:

the Custom Connector: tiaConnectCustomConnector_<Version>.zip
the Power Automate Flow: tiaConnect_<version>_managed.zip

Before you begin…

Make sure all required app registrations have been set up using Azure Portal, see Required App Registrations .
These informations are required during the installation process. Make sure to have them available when continuing with the installation.

Variable name	Description	Notes
`tenantID`	TenantID of the SharePoint. In case there are multiple SharePoint tenants, for each a tia Connect container, and therefore a Custom Connector as well have to be deployed.	see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/find-your-office-365-tenant-id
`SharePointSiteURL`	Single Site-URL or comma-separated list of Site-URLs to access SharePoint used by Auto Archiver. Format of a Site-URL: `https://<domain>/sites/<sitename>`
`tiaSharePointConnectURL`	Sharepoint requires this to reach tia Connect via this URL.	DRAFT - Installation tia® Connect (SPC)
`clientId`	ClientId/ApplicationId with the app registrations required.	Required App Registrations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/quickstart-register-app?tabs=client-secret
`clientSecret`	Client Secret of the app Registration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/quickstart-register-app?tabs=client-secret#add-credentials

Installation of the Customer Connector

When there are multiple SharePoint tenants, an instance of tia Connect, and therefore a Custom Connector as well have to be installed for each.

Open https://make.powerautomate.com
Choose an environment for tia Connect and then select Solutions > Import solution.

A dialog box as displayed above opens.

Choose Browse and select the tia Connect Custom Connector installation package: tiaConnectCustomConnector_<Version>.zip
Review the information displayed and click Next.

Power Automate installs the package.

Select the new solution and select Edit.

A dialog box as displayed opens.

On tab 1. General enter as Host the network address of the tia SharePoint Connect and / (forward slash) as the Base URL.
On tab 2. Security select Authentication type OAuth 2.0.

Then select Identity Provider Generic Oauth 2.

Configure the other settings according to the app registrations for communication with tia Connect. See https://kgs-software.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SUPPORT/pages/3574431780/Required+App+Registrations#App-Registrations-for-communication-with-tia-Connect-via-the-Custom-Connector.

Then click on the Copy button of the Redirect URL.

Open the Azure Portal and paste the copied URL in the App Registration under Authentication > Web Redirect URIs.
In Power Automate Workbench now advance to tab 6. Test click New connection.

Click the Refresh button.

In case the setup was successful, the new created connection is visible in the dropdown menu of Selected connection.

Install Power Automate Flow

Open https://make.powerautomate.com
Choose an environment for tia Connect and then select Solutions > Import solution.

A dialog box as displayed above opens.

Choose Browse and select the tia Connect Managed installation package: tiaConnect_<version>_managed.zip
Review the information displayed and click Next.

The dialog box advances to Connections configuration.

Create or select the required connections.

When creating a new connection, enter in both fields the SharePoint URL https://<yourSite>.sharepoint.com in the popup dialog and click Sign in.

Continue when all connections have a (green checkmark).

Click Next.

Power Automate installs the package.

The following status message appears: 5 environment variables need to be updated.

Click the link in the status message and enter the variables as gathered in step A. before installation.