Welcome to SharePoint Manager Plus—a unified solution to help you report, audit, manage, and migrate your SharePoint Online and on-premises SharePoint environments.
Starting SharePoint Manager Plus
You can start SharePoint Manager Plus in two ways:
- An application: This requires you to start the application every time the host system reboots.
- A Windows service: This allows the product to start automatically every time the host system is rebooted.
Starting SharePoint Manager Plus as an application
Select Start > All apps > ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus > Start SharePoint Manager Plus or double-click the Start SharePoint Manager Plus icon from the desktop.
Installing and starting SharePoint Manager Plus as a Windows service
To install and start SharePoint Manager Plus as a Windows service, follow the steps below after installation:
- Go to Start > All apps > ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus.
- Select Install SharePoint Manager Plus Service.
- Open Run and type services.msc.
- Right-click the SharePoint Manager Plus service and click Start.
When SharePoint Manager Plus is installed as a service, the solution starts and runs with the privileges of a system account.
Accessing SharePoint Manager Plus
Once SharePoint Manager Plus has been successfully installed, follow the steps below to access the product's web client server.
- Open any one of the supported web browsers. Type the URL address as http://<hostname>:8085.
- <hostname>: name of the machine in which SharePoint Manager Plus is running.
- 8085: default web server port. If you have changed this port number during installation or later, provide that port number.
- For the first login, use the default username/password combination admin/admin.
Note: Change your password at the earliest to enhance security. Click on the Profile drop-down at the top-right corner and navigate to My Account > Change Password.
Stopping SharePoint Manager Plus
To stop SharePoint Manager Plus, select Start > All Programs > ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus > Stop SharePoint Manager Plus.
Uninstalling SharePoint Manager Plus
To uninstall SharePoint Manager Plus, follow the steps below:
- Select Start > All apps > ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus.
- Select Uninstall SharePoint Manager Plus.
- Confirm your choice of uninstalling SharePoint Manager Plus.
Ports requirement
SharePoint Manager Plus requires certain ports to remain open for optimal functionality. Refer to our system and port requirements for the list of necessary ports.
Configuring SharePoint Manager Plus servers
To start reporting and managing your SharePoint environment, you'll need to configure your SharePoint servers so SharePoint Manager Plus can collect data.
Adding a Microsoft 365 tenant
Add your Microsoft 365 tenant by following the steps listed in this document.
Adding an on-premises farm server
Add your on-premises farm server by following the steps listed in this document.
