Introduction

This article describes how to access the Arctera Personal Archive Outlook Web Add-In in Microsoft Outlook, based on your organization’s authentication configuration. This add-in supports Single Sign-On (SSO) with Azure and OKTA.

• Procedure 1: Accessing Arctera Personal Archive Outlook Web Add-in with Azure SSO
• Procedure 2: Accessing Arctera Personal Archive Outlook Web Add-in with OKTA SSO

Note: In a hybrid environment, you can use the Web Add-in for macOS users and VSTO add-in for Windows users.

Before you begin

• Microsoft Outlook is installed and running.
• Ensure that your organization provides the Azure and OKTA configuration for authentication.

Procedure 1: Accessing Arctera Personal Archive Outlook Web Add-in with Azure SSO

1. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center with your Administrator account credentials.
2. Go to Settings > Integrated apps, and click Upload custom apps.
   
   
    
3. On the Upload Apps to deploy screen, click Provide link to manifest file, and paste the Web Add-in manifest URL.
   Note: 
      -   Ensure port 10443 is open to connect to the XML configuration file.
      -   The manifest URL varies by data center. Refer to the table below for details.
    

   Data Center	Manifest URL
   USW01	https://auth.lax.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/us1-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   USW03	https://auth.us3.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/us3-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   EUW01	https://auth.ams.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/eu-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   AUE01	https://auth.syd.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/aue-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   CAC01	https://auth.ca1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/ca-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   UKS01	https://auth.uk1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/uk-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   AEN01	https://auth.ae1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/ae1-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   QAC01	https://auth.qa1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/qa1-GenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml

4. Click Validate and wait until the validation is completed, then click Next.
5. On the Add users screen, under Assign users, choose one of the following options as needed, and then click Next.
      -   Just me
      -   Entire organization
      -   Specific users/group (Use the Search field to find users and groups to view the add-in.)
   
   
    
6. On the Accept permissions requests screen, review the app permissions and capabilities, click Accept permissions, and then, click Next.
   
   
   
   
    
7. On the Review and finish deployment screen, review the information and click Finish deployment.
   
   
    
8. Wait till the deployment is complete and click Done.
   After completing all steps, the Web Add-in is installed and listed as follows:
   
   
    

   Note: The add-in may take a few hours to appear in Outlook and appear in the following manner:

   -  Outlook Desktop: The add-in appears on the Ribbon. Clicking it opens a browser window.
   
              
   
   -  Outlook on the Web: The add-in is available in the context menu of each message and under the More Actions menu. Clicking it opens a new browser tab displaying the Personal Archive.

              
   
             

Procedure 2: Accessing Arctera Personal Archive Outlook Web Add-in with OKTA SSO

1. Sign in to Microsoft Outlook Web.
2. Load the OKTA-enabled Outlook Web Add-In manifest file.    

   Data Center	Manifest URL
   USW01	https://auth.lax.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/us1-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   USW03	https://auth.us3.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/us3-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   EUW01	https://auth.ams.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/eu-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   AUE01	https://auth.syd.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/aue-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   CAC01	https://auth.ca1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/ca-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   UKS01	https://auth.uk1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/uk-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   AEN01	https://auth.ae1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/ae1-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml
   QAC01	https://auth.qa1.archivecloud.net:10443/manifest/okta/qa1-OktaGenericEvcOutlookWebAddIn.xml

3. Select an email in the reading pane or open a message in a separate window.
4. Click Arctera Arctera / Personal Archive.
5. When the Arctera Personal Archive outlook Web Add-in is launched, enter your official email address.
   

   The system determines the OKTA SSO based on the loaded manifest file.

   Note: If you are not already authenticated, The OKTA login page is displayed in a secure browser window initiated by the add-in. The appearance and branding of the page may vary based on the organization’s OKTA configuration.

6. Provide your OKTA username and password, or any additional factors (such as multi-factor authentication and so on) configured in OKTA.
   
   Upon successful authentication, the user is automatically redirected to the PA Outlook Web Add-In, and no additional user credentials are required.