Google Search Appliance Connectors Deploying the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles - Manual (Page 5)

4. The search appliance gets the URLs to crawl from the feed.
5. The search appliance crawls the repository according to its own crawl schedule, as
specified in the GSA Admin Console. It crawls the content by sending GET requests
for content to the connector.
6. The connector requests the content from the repository.
7. The repository sends the content to the connector.
8. The connector pushes the content to the search appliance for indexing in a content
feed. If the content is in HTML format, the search appliance will follow links within
the page and send more GET requests for the linked content to the connector.
After the initial process completes, the connector periodically informs the search appliance
of new documents and deltas, according to the value set in the connector configuration.
The default interval value is 15 minutes.
Supported SharePoint versions
The Connector for SharePoint User Profiles 4.0 supports the following versions:
● SharePoint 2010
● SharePoint 2013
Supported operating systems
The Connector for SharePoint User Profiles 4.0 is compatible with SharePoint running on
the following operating systems:
● Windows 7
● Windows Server 2008
● Windows Server 2008 R2
● Windows Server 2012
● Linux
Before you deploy the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles
Before you deploy the Connector for SharePoint User Profiles, ensure that your
environment has all of the following required components:
● GSA software version 7.0.p1 or higher
To download GSA software, visit the
Google Enterprise Support Portal (password
required)