Connecting your dox42 Add-In to SharePoint Online via multi-factor authentication (MFA)

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If you are using SharePoint Online as document template storage and want to open document templates directly from SharePoint Online, you need to set-up your Entra ID Login. This is needed to obtain the necessary authentication for the download of the template and data map.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. In Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, go to the dox42 ribbon and select Entra ID Login.

    Toolbar displaying various functions like Generate, Data Map, and Refresh Template options.

    dox42 ribbon

  2. Enter the property values of your app registration into the following text fields:

    • SharePoint Site URL

    • Tenant ID

    • App ID

    • Mobile / Desktop Redirect URI

  3. If you are a dox42 partner and working with Microsoft Accounts from multiple Azure tenants on your computer: select the Always Ask entry from the Login Mode dropdown.

  4. Select the MSAL entry from the Preferred Entra ID Authentication Library dropdown.

    Entra ID login interface for SharePoint Online authentication with various input fields.

    Entra ID login for SharePoint Online Authentication window

  5. Select the OK button. 

Result

You have connected your dox42 Add-In with SharePoint Online.

Here you can find more information about dox42 Entra ID app registrations: