MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform to connect any application, data service or an API, across the cloud and on-premise continuum. Microsoft Office-365 SharePoint is a cloud-based Content management infrastructure that is accessible to the user programmatically via a MuleSoft ‘Microsoft Service Bus’ connector.

1. August 31, 2015 by Sanjeet Pandey ESB , Mule ESB , SOA No Comment
Integrate Mule ESB with Microsoft Office­365
SharePoint
Overview
MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform to connect any
application, data service or an API, across the cloud and on­premise continuum.
Microsoft Office­365 SharePoint is a cloud­based Content management infrastructure
that is accessible to the user programmatically via a MuleSoft ‘Microsoft Service Bus’
connector. SharePoint Online is a cloud­based service that helps organisations share
and collaborate with colleagues, partners, and customers. With SharePoint Online, we
can access internal sites, documents, and other information from anywhere—at the
office, at home, or from a mobile device. The Microsoft SharePoint Mule connector
allows developers to access any amount of data, at any time and from anywhere on
the web. With connectivity to the Microsoft SharePoint API, users can interface
SharePoint to perform CRUD operations on documents and use data with other
SharePoint services. Applications can also be built for which internet storage is
required – all from within MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
Instant access to the Microsoft SharePoint API enables businesses to create seamless
integration between SharePoint and other databases, CMS applications such as
Drupal, and CRM applications such as Salesforce.
Prerequisites
1. Microsoft Office­365 SharePoint Account
2. Microsoft Office­365 SharePoint Host , User Name and Password
3. Mule Anypoint Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Connector
Microsoft Office­365 SharePoint Account
To complete this sample, we need an MS Office­365 SharePoint account. We can sign

2. up for a free trial.
Add and Manage Users
SharePoint Online has a full­featured framework for adding and managing user
identities and establishing granular administrative models. We should choose the first
option for adding new users in the Users section of the Admin Overview page.
Mule Anypoint Microsoft SharePoint Connector
SharePoint is a web application platform for content and document management,
intranet portals, collaboration, extranets, websites, and enterprise search. Mule
SharePoint connector enables integrating with SharePoint and provides following
methods –
CRUD for Documents
CRUD for Document Library
CRUD for Users
Configure Mule Anypoint Microsoft SharePoint connector with the following settings –
Configuration:(MS SharePoint connector configured using the config element)
This element must be placed out of flow and at the root of the Mule application. We

3. can create as many configurations deemed necessary as long as each carries its
own name.
Connection Pool: SharePoint connector offers automatic connection
management via the use of a connection pool. This pool will act a storage
mechanism for all the connections that are in­use by the user of this connector.
Prior to the execution of a processor, the connector will attempt to lookup for an
already established
connection and if one
doesn’t exist, it will create
one. This lookup
mechanism is done in the
connection pool via the use
of connection variables
declared as keys.
Reconnection
Strategy:Reconnection
Strategies specify on how a
connector behaves when
the connection fails. We can
control the attempts by Mule
to reconnect using several
criteria –
Type of exception
Number and frequency
of reconnection attempts
Notifications generated
With a reconnection strategy, the behaviour of a failed connection can be controlled in
a much better way by configuring it, for example, to re­attempt the connection only
once every 15 minutes, and to give up after 30 attempts. An automatic notification can
be sent to the IT administrator whenever this reconnection strategy goes into effect. A
strategy can also be defined which attempts to reconnect only during business hours.
Such a setting can prove useful if the server is frequently shut down for maintenance.
Mule ESB – The best way to Integrate
Microsoft SharePoint
The below Mule application is used to create folder under Microsoft Office­365
SharePoint using Mule Anypoint Microsoft SharePoint connector.

4.
Steps to be followed for integrating ‘Microsoft Office­365 SharePoint’ with MuleSoft
Applications:
1. Install the Microsoft SharePoint Connector in Anypoint Studio (3.5 and
above)http://repository.mulesoft.org/connectors/releases/3.5
2. Create a new Anypoint Studio Project and Flow.
3. Before using the Microsoft SharePoint Connector in the Mule Flows, create a
global element for ‘Microsoft_SharePoint_2013__Online_Connection’ configuration
which can be reused in all other flows across the Mule project – wherever the
objects are created & deleted to and from Microsoft SharePoint.
4. Configure the ‘Microsoft SharePoint’ connector by providing the following
information for the global element
User Name
Password
Site Url
5. Use HTTP inbound endpoint to hit the service and to crteate folder in the Microsoft
Office­365 SharePoint.
6. Configure the Microsoft SharePoint endpoint by providing the following to create
folder in the SharePoint document library –
Link to the ‘global Connector Configuration’
Operation name

5.
Running the Application­
We are now ready to run the project! First, let us test run the application from Studio:
1. Right­click on the application in the Package Explorer pane.
2. Select Run As > Mule Application:
3. Start a browser and go to http://localhost:8081/createFolder
4. The success response should be returned in case of successfully creation of folder
under SharePoint document library.
Folder creation under MS SharePoint –
Benefits

6. No point­to­point integration required
Seamless integration running in the background
Quick data synchronization between Microsoft SharePoint with an on­premise and
cloud (Office­365) based applications
Facilitate applications with Microsoft SharePoint capacities for large volume data
storage
Store applications data and can be rolled back during disaster recovery
Bi­directional data communication between applications and Microsoft SharePoint
Highly scalable, it secures a solution for backing up and archiving your critical data
Send event notifications when objects are uploaded to Microsoft SharePoint
Access any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web
Author: Mr. Sanjeet Pandey is a Masters of Computer Application (MCA) graduate
having 5+ years of experience as a Technical Specialist with WHISHWORKS. He has
varied experience in ESB’s like Mule, JCaps. Sanjeet loves dreaming up new ideas,
movies & music, photography & travelling and developing web projects. To know more
about Sanjeet log on to www.sanjeetpandey.com