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description: You or your Salesforce admin can use Files Connect to set up and manage your authentication settings for external data sources. With valid authentication settings, you can access files from external systems right from Salesforce.
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# Manage Your Files Connect External Data Source Authentication Credentials

You or your Salesforce admin can use Files Connect to set up and manage your authentication settings for external data sources. With valid authentication settings, you can access files from external systems right from Salesforce.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Files Connect for cloud-based external data sources is available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d47982e73 ">To access cloud-based data sources like SharePoint Online:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d47982e73 ">Files Connect Cloud</td>

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Your admin defines external systems in external data sources and named credentials. Before you begin, your administrator:

- Sets up the external data source or named credential to use per-user authentication.
- Grants you access to the external data source or named credential.
- Tells you the authentication settings to enter.

If you don’t see the expected settings or options, ask your admin for help.

1. From My Settings, enter Authentication in the Quick Find box, then select **Authentication Settings for External Systems**.
2. To set up a new connection, click **New**. To modify an existing external data source, click **Edit**.
3. From the External System Definition menu, select “External Data Source.”
4. From the External Data Source menu, select a data source that your administrator created.
5. Set the options for the authentication protocol required by Box, Google Drive, SharePoint Online, or OneDrive for Business.
    
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                <samp class="parmname">Authentication Protocol</samp>
              </td>
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">Choose <strong class="uicontrol">OAuth 2.0</strong></td>
            </tr>
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              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">
                <samp class="parmname">Authentication Provider</samp>
              </td>
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">Choose the provider that your administrator created for this data source</td>
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                <samp class="parmname">Scope</samp>
              </td>
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">Leave blank</td>
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              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">
                <samp class="parmname">Start Authentication Flow on Save</samp>
              </td>
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap">Select to immediately verify your login credentials with the external data
                source.<p>When you click <strong class="uicontrol">Save</strong>, the external system prompts you to
                  log in. After successful login, the external system grants you an OAuth token for
                  accessing its data from this org.</p>
                <p>Redo the OAuth flow when you need a new
                  token—for example, when the token expires—or if you edit the Scope or
                  Authentication Provider fields.</p>
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6. Click **Save**.