--- title: SharePoint Online slug: q9bg0123 canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/q9bg0123/ collection: integrations source_format: adoc --- # SharePoint Online + + You can integrate SharePoint Online with Coveo to index SharePoint and OneDrive content and make it searchable in secure Coveo-powered experiences. ## About SharePoint Online [SharePoint Online](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration) is Microsoft's cloud service for creating sites, managing files, and collaborating on content. SharePoint Online also provides access to OneDrive content and other Microsoft 365 collaboration features. ## Why use Coveo with SharePoint Online? Connect your SharePoint Online tenant to Coveo so users can find relevant enterprise content alongside content from other systems. * Index SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, and OneDrive content in Coveo. * Preserve SharePoint permissions so users only find content they can access. * Combine SharePoint Online content with content from other [sources](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246.md). ## Recommended integration architecture The Coveo SharePoint Online source authenticates to a SharePoint Online tenant through an Azure Active Directory application, shown as a separate authentication component in the diagram. The source uses Microsoft Graph, CSOM, and REST to retrieve SharePoint content, metadata, and permissions for indexing in the Coveo Platform. ![SharePoint Online integration architecture | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/integrations/sharepoint-online-integration-diagram.svg) | 1 | The Coveo SharePoint Online source retrieves SharePoint Online content, metadata, and permissions through Microsoft Graph, CSOM, and REST. | |---|---| ## Prerequisites Before you start, make sure you have the following: * A SharePoint Online tenant with sites, lists, libraries, or OneDrive content to index. * A [Coveo organization](https://docs.coveo.com/en/185.md) with the [privileges](https://docs.coveo.com/en/228.md) required to create and manage [sources](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246.md). * Either a client certificate and an Azure Active Directory application with the required permissions and tenant-wide admin consent for app authentication, as described in [the app authentication prerequisites](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1739.md#app-authentication-using-certificate-prerequisites). * Or a SharePoint Online crawling account with appropriate roles and permissions for user delegated access using OAuth 2.0, as described in [Create a SharePoint Online Crawling Account With Permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3252.md). ## Integrate SharePoint Online with Coveo Follow these steps to connect a SharePoint Online source to your Coveo organization and verify that content is indexed securely. ### Step 1: Choose an authentication method Choose app authentication using a certificate or user delegated access using OAuth 2.0 for the SharePoint Online source. Review [the SharePoint Online authentication and site access options](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1739.md#authentication-and-site-access) to select the method that matches your access and throttling requirements. ### Step 2: Add and configure the SharePoint Online source Follow [Add a SharePoint Online source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1739.md) to create the source, provide the authentication details, and select the SharePoint Online or OneDrive content to index. ### Step 3: Index your SharePoint Online content [Build the source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2039.md), then use the [Content Browser](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2053.md) to confirm that the expected items are [indexed](https://docs.coveo.com/en/204.md). Test the source with representative users to verify that content security reflects the permissions configured in SharePoint Online. ### Step 4: Create source mappings and fields Create the required [source mappings and fields](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1640.md) to index the metadata you want to use in search experiences. ## Considerations * **SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server use different sources** Use a [SharePoint Server source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2061.md) to retrieve on-premises SharePoint content. * **Authentication affects throttling and access** App authentication using a certificate provides a higher throttling rate limit and supports parallel source updates. User delegated access using OAuth 2.0 can limit access to specific sites but is more prone to throttling. * **Content and security scopes must be configured independently** The source's **Content to index** settings determine which sites and items Coveo retrieves. The source's **Content security** settings determine how Coveo applies access permissions to indexed items. ## What's next? * See [source update schedules](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1933.md) to configure when your SharePoint Online source updates. * See [SharePoint Online source leading practices](https://docs.coveo.com/en/n8ub0545.md) to optimize indexing performance and content freshness. * See [Website content](https://docs.coveo.com/en/q92f3597.md) and [AI assistants and agents](https://docs.coveo.com/en/q9ad0472.md) for integration patterns to surface your indexed content. * See [Integration documentation directory](https://docs.coveo.com/en/q7ki1127.md) to find other systems whose content you can [index](https://docs.coveo.com/en/204.md) in Coveo.