Create a Connection for SharePoint Online
To connect to SharePoint Online objects to be copied, an available connection is required for the authentication. We recommend you create a connection before using Aviator to avoid any interruption.
Refer to the following steps to add SharePoint Online connections:
Click Settings in the left pane, and select Connections to access the Connections page.
Click Create connection.
In the Create connection panel, complete the following settings:
- **Connection name** – Enter a name for the connection.
- **Connection type** – Select **SharePoint Online** from the drop-down list to create a connection for SharePoint Online.
- **Tenant** – Select a tenant from/to which you want to migrate SharePoint Online objects. You can enter the keyword of a tenant in the **Search tenant** text box and click the Search () button to search the tenant.
If your desired tenant cannot be found from the drop-down list, you need to connect to the tenant in AvePoint Online Services Tenant management. Refer to for details. Then, click the Refresh (
) button to reload the tenant.
- **Container for auto map** – This section does not apply to Aviator for SharePoint Online.
- **SharePoint admin center URL** – Enter the SharePoint admin center URL to retrieve and create site collections. If your SharePoint admin center URL is a customized URL, enter the customized URL. If your tenant is a multi-geo tenant, enter the SharePoint admin center URL of the location where you want to migrate data from/to.
- **Credentials** – Refer to the following instructions to configure credentials.
- **App profile** – Select an app profile from the drop-down list to use the app profile authentication method to add the connection. You can enter the keyword of an app profile in the **Search app profile** text box and click the Search () button to search the app profile.
- **Service account authentication** – Fly provides the following two authentication methods:
- **Legacy authentication** – Select one or multiple service accounts from the drop-down list.
> ***Note**: This method does not support service accounts with multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled.
- **Modern authentication** – If the account has MFA enabled, you can use modern authentication method and select one or multiple delegated app profiles from the drop-down list to add the connection. You can enter the keyword of a delegated app profile in the **Search** **delegated** **app profile** text box and click the Search () button to search the delegated app profile.
- > ***Note**: To reduce throttling during migration jobs, we recommend you select multiple delegated app profiles for a connection.
- **App profile for Power Platform** – This section does not apply to Aviator for SharePoint Online.
You can also create a new app profile or service account in **AvePoint Online Services**. Remember to click the Refresh () button to reload the app profile or service account after the creation.
Click Save to save your configurations.
On the Connections page, you can manage the existing connections.
- Filter – Click **Filter** to filter connections by connection type and/or tenant.
- Search – Enter the keyword of a connection name in the search box to search for the desired connection.
- Edit – Click the connection name to edit a connection.
- Delete – Select one or multiple connections and click **Delete** to delete them.
