SharePoint Output Module

The SharePoint output module enables Lasernet to deliver documents and associated metadata to Microsoft SharePoint.

The module is used to insert a new document in SharePoint with metadata or to update the metadata of an existing document. Supported connection types are Web Services and REST API (Legacy or Graph).

On the Connection tab, you have the following options:

• Create an “embedded” connection: Embedded connection settings apply only to this module.

  • To do this, select Embedded from the SharePoint list, then click Edit to configure the connection.

• Create a new global connection: Multiple modules in this Lasernet configuration can share the same “global” Connection item (to centralize management of connection configuration).

  • To create a global Connection item, click Add beside the SharePoint list.

• Use an existing global connection

  • To use an existing global Connection item, select it from the SharePoint list.

  • To edit its connection properties, click Edit.

Next, select a connection type.

Supported API versions are:

• SharePoint 365 (Graph)

• SharePoint (SOAP)

• SharePoint REST (Legacy)

Connect to SharePoint via Graph, SOAP (Web Service) or REST (Legacy). An advantage of using Graph (which is the latest Microsoft API) or REST is that you do not have to add references to any SharePoint 365 libraries or client assemblies. Instead, you make HTTP requests to the appropriate endpoints to retrieve or update SharePoint 365 entities, such as webs, lists, and list items.

Note

Supported command types and properties can vary between the protocols because not all types are supported by the Graph and REST interfaces.

Connection: Web Services

Click Test Connection to validate the connection between the Lasernet module and SharePoint.

Connection: REST API (Legacy or Graph)

Choose Legacy or Graph as the REST API connection type.

Important

In August 2025, Microsoft stopped allowing the use of legacy authentication with SharePoint 365. As a result, Lasernet must authenticate via Graph API.

Connection: Legacy

Click Test Connection to validate the connection between the Lasernet module and SharePoint.

Connection: Graph

Enter the following connection properties.

Set Up User Authentication for a Graph Connection

Click Obtain Authorization and log in with user credentials to connect to an account in your organization.

Set Up Application Authentication for a Graph Connection

Enter the Tenant Domain, Client ID, and Client Secret, then click Refresh Access Token.

Application authentication for SharePoint Graph communication requires that:

• Lasernet SharePoint must be registered as an app by an Entra ID admin.

• The Entra ID admin must provide a client ID and client secret for the module to use to sign in.

Note

If the client ID and client secret change in the future, repeat the step above, then commit and deploy the Lasernet configuration.

At any time, you can click Refresh Access Token to test that the currently provided credentials are valid. When you click the button, Lasernet attempts to use those credentials to obtain a new access token.

Click Test Connection to validate the connection between the Lasernet module and SharePoint. This button is enabled only when all required properties have values.

Refresh Access Token

If Lasernet experiences issues connecting to SharePoint, there might be a problem with its current security tokens. In some cases, the Refresh Access Token button can resolve connection issues.

Connection issues can occur for a number of reasons, including:

• More than 90 days of inactivity (user authentication).

• The user changed their password (user authentication).

• Permission or security changes to the user (user authentication).

• Revocation of permissions (user authentication or application authentication).

If Lasernet experiences connection issues, try the following steps (depending on the authentication method used).

User Authentication

Click Refresh Access Token to obtain new tokens, then commit and deploy the Lasernet configuration.

If doing this does not resolve the issue, click Remove Authorization to remove the currently stored security tokens, then click Obtain Authorization to reauthenticate using the user account (which will also refresh the security tokens). Then, commit and deploy the Lasernet configuration.

Application Authentication

Click Refresh Access Token to obtain new tokens, then commit and deploy the Lasernet configuration.

Command

On the Command tab, you enter your Insert properties. Information about the properties are listed in the information about the Insert command in the SharePoint Commands page.

Insert Document

Documents can be inserted from JobData or another JobInfo.