harmon.ie is compatible with a large variety of Outlook add-ins. If however, you discover compatibility issues with other add-ins, report them using our forum.
We’ll add additional features, based on your feedback.
harmon.ie is an Outlook add-in that uses the same standard Microsoft SharePoint Web Services and FrontPage APIs used by Office applications to communicate with SharePoint.
With the Free Edition of harmon.ie for SharePoint, each individual needs to download and install the software separately.
For those who want to use harmon.ie at the group or organizational level, an Enterprise edition is available. The Enterprise edition provides centralized deployment and provisioning, as well as additional features. Learn about the differences between the Free and Enterprise Editions.
You can find the software and system requirements here.
Mail recipients do not need harmon.ie to open document links. Recipients need access permissions to the relevant SharePoint site in order to view the file. For more information, read Availability of document links.
The harmon.ie sidebar panel can be shown, hidden, or minimized. Click the X in the upper right corner of the sidebar to close the sidebar. To open the sidebar, click the Show Sidebar icon in the email toolbar. Click the > icon to minimize the sidebar. Clicking anywhere on the minimized sidebar opens it again.
harmon.ie helps eliminate the need for document attachments. However, there are cases when you want to send an attachment, for example, when sending a document to a partner or customer who does not have access to the corporate SharePoint service. To send a document as an attachment, right-click it and select Copy > Document, then paste the document in the e-mail message. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and drag the document from the sidebar to the email message. To make this the default behavior, change drag-and-drop options.
Yes. harmon.ie uses the built-in search engine of SharePoint. You can search text inside documents, as well as search document properties, such as 'document owner'.
Yes, please read the harmon.ie for SharePoint, Outlook Edition help.
harmon.ie can access SharePoint sites using basic authentication, forms authentication, NTLM authentication, and Kerberos authentication. For custom authentication methods, use browser authentication. For more information, read adding SharePoint sites.
Google Docs uses different links to the same shared document, depending on whether you are accessing it from a free Google account or a paid Google Apps account. If you send a document link to someone outside your domain, the link is automatically modified so that the recipient can open it from their email. This makes the link in your Sent Items folder work for the recipient, but not for you. However, you can still see and access your document from the sidebar and from Google Docs on the web.
The harmon.ie discussion forums are a great place to go if you get stuck. Our community of users and the harmon.ie development team can provide assistance.
No, to access documents, harmon.ie requires Internet connectivity with the document server.
Yes. harmon.ie uses the built-in search engine of Google Docs.
Simply start typing the document title or a string that you know exists inside the document or title. The list of available documents displays only those files that match your search terms.
Yes, click here to access the harmon.ie for GoogleDocs help.
harmon.ie is very intuitive to use. To help you get started we suggest viewing our Getting started videos or reading our Getting started guide for harmon.ie for Google Docs.
Mail recipients do not need harmon.ie to open document links. Recipients click the document link in the message to open the file in a browser.
harmon.ie supports Outlook 2010 and 2007 (SP2 is recommended). You also need a Google Docs account. If you don’t have one, harmon.ie directs you to Google’s sign-up page, where you can create an account.
harmon.ie currently supports SharePoint and Google Docs. IBM Connections will be supported shortly.
harmon.ie shares linked Google documents with recipients as you send them. Therefore, recipients who don’t have a Google Account are prompted to create an account to access the documents.
harmon.ie for GoogleDocs is free. Each individual needs to download and install the software separately.
harmon.ie for GoogleDocs is free.
harmon.ie is a client-side application that uses the Google Documents List Data API to communicate with Google Docs.
When working with SharePoint online or when a custom My Site URL is configured, you have to map the My Site host URL to the SharePoint server URL. To learn how, read To add My Sites to the list of sites.
Use the People view to find the contact. Tap the phone number and select Create New Contact / Add to Contact.
Locate a person in the People view. Tap the phone number to call this person, or the e-mail address to send an e-mail message. To learn more, read Working with People.
To receive updates, add the relevant folder to the favorites list, and select Add and Follow. When a file in the folder is updated by someone, you are notified in the Updates view.
This feature does not apply to harmon.ie Mobile Lite.
Tap and hold the attachment, and then select open in harmon.ie and follow the upload process.
Locate the document in harmon.ie, then tap Send > Send as Link or Send as Attachment to open a new e-mail message with the document attached to it.
It is recommended that you send a link to the SharePoint document to eliminate document chaos, prevent data leakage, and reduce email storage. However, there are cases when you want to send an attachment, for example, when sending a document to a partner or customer who does not have access to the corporate SharePoint service.
Tap Locations > Favorites.
Tap and hold the back button showing the parent directory. The breadcrumbs for the document display.
Pull the list down, until you see the line Release to refresh. Release.
This feature does not apply to harmon.ie Mobile Lite.
Navigate to the document, open it with an editor and start editing. When finished, Tap open in harmon.ie and follow the upload process. Tap Update document when prompted.
This feature does not apply to harmon.ie Mobile Lite.
Tap open in harmon.ie and follow the upload process.
This feature does not apply to harmon.ie Mobile Lite.
Copy the image to the iPad/iPhone clipboard, then open harmon.ie. harmon.ie recognizes that you have an image in the clipboard and asks you if you want to upload it to SharePoint.
I have a URL for a SharePoint document or folder, how can I open it with harmon.ie?
Copy the URL to the iPad/iPhone clipboard, then open harmon.ie. harmon.ie recognizes that you have a URL in the clipboard. If the URL resides in a registered SharePoint site, you are asked if you want to navigate to it. Click yes to access the document in SharePoint.
To start working with your colleagues, tap the configure a SharePoint social server.
To start working, add your SharePoint site, or the supplied Sample site, to the harmon.ie sidebar. Then you can start looking for and working with SharePoint documents.
Yes, click here to access the harmon.ie Mobile help.
harmon.ie is very intuitive to use. To help you get started we suggest viewing our Getting Started videos or reading our Getting started guide for harmon.ie Mobile.
Read the system requirements.
We currently support iPad and iPhone, iOS v4 and higher. Support for additional platforms, such as Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile will be forthcoming.
If SharePoint is configured to use SSL (https), the content is encrypted when it is sent to SharePoint.
harmon.ie uses the standard web services API provided by Microsoft to interact with SharePoint. User permissions are respected by the API calls; therefore users can only view SharePoint content for which they have permissions.
harmon.ie is a mobile application that uses the same standard Microsoft SharePoint Web Services and FrontPage APIs used by Office applications to communicate with SharePoint.
When you open a non-Office document, a temporary copy of the file opens. Changes to this file are not saved on the server. To force applications to open the document directly on the SharePoint server, right-click it and select Edit. Read Editing non-Office documents for more information.
The business cards shown in the People tab and the people information pane include icons to Send an instant message, Call, or Send an e-mail message. Click an icon to start communicating with this person.
In addition, wherever a user name is displayed in harmon.ie, it is displayed with a presence awareness icon. Right-click this icon to start communicating with this user. To learn more, read Communicating with people.
Yes, you can disable these prompts using the e-mail preferences. However, you should note that attachments saved to SharePoint are instantly shared with all other SharePoint users. This feature helps you to collaborate with colleagues on documents and also saves storage space on the mail server.
You can send a link to an old version, but not the physical file. Read To attach an old version of a SharePoint document to an e-mail message.
This cannot be done in one step. You should save the e-mail to SharePoint and then manually delete it from Notes.
Prompting to save attachments to SharePoint is set in your e-mail preferences.
To replace a SharePoint document with a document with another name, drag-and-drop the new document and hover over the document you want to replace for 2 seconds. You will be asked if you want to replace this document, or add your document as a new version. Read add a new version or replace a document with a document with another name for more information.
harmon.ie helps eliminate the need for document attachments. However, there are cases when you want to send an attachment, for example, when sending a document to a partner or customer who does not have access to the corporate SharePoint service. To send a document as an attachment, right-click it and select Copy > Document, then paste the document in the e-mail message. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and drag the document from the sidebar to the email message. To make this the default behavior, change drag-and-drop options.
- Open the document library settings and make sure the 'group by' view is defined as the default SharePoint view.
- Open harmon.ie preferences and set Use the default SharePoint view under the Columns group.
- Navigate to this document library in harmon.ie and refresh the view.
No, to access documents, harmon.ie requires Internet connectivity with the document server.
Click the harmon.ie menu icon, and select Sidebar > Closed to close harmon.ie, or Sidebar > Thin to minimize it. To open the sidebar, click View > Right Sidebar > Open.
To start working with your colleagues, open the People tab. If it does not appear, you have to configure a SharePoint social server.
To start working, add a SharePoint site to the harmon.ie sidebar. Then you can start looking for and working with SharePoint documents.
harmon.ie is very intuitive to use. To help you get started we suggest viewing our Getting Started videos or reading our Getting Started Guide for harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition.
To learn how to centrally install, provision, and update harmon.ie read the Administration Guide, Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition, and Updating harmon.ie’s license file.
To learn how to centrally and remotely add SharePoint sites to all harmon.ie users, read Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition.
To learn how to centrally install, provision, and update harmon.ie read the Administration Guide, Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition, and Updating harmon.ie’s license file.
To learn how to centrally install, provision, and update harmon.ie read the Administration Guide, Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition, and Updating harmon.ie’s license file.
harmon.ie supports Microsoft Lync and OCS (Office Communications Server), as well as IBM Lotus Sametime presence awareness for instant messaging.
You can find the software requirements here.
harmon.ie is a Notes plugin which leverages the existing security infrastructure. If your SharePoint server is inside the corporate firewall, requests are sent inside the intranet. If your SharePoint implementation is configured to use SSL (https), all content is encrypted when it is sent to SharePoint.
harmon.ie uses the standard web services API provided by Microsoft to interact with SharePoint. User permissions are respected by the API calls; therefore, users can only view SharePoint content for which they have permissions.
harmon.ie is a Notes plugin that uses the same standard Microsoft SharePoint Web Services and FrontPage APIs used by Office applications to communicate with SharePoint.
Yes. harmon.ie’s SDK enables you to tailor harmon.ie and develop a module that manipulates the items uploaded to SharePoint. For more information, read How to programmatically change the upload behavior with harmon.ie SDK.
SharePoint document links are available to your recipients only if they have access to the SharePoint server, and have sufficient permissions to view the document. If your recipients do not have sufficient permissions, they should follow the Request access link to request permissions to the attached document, from the site owner. For more information, read Availability of document links.
When working with SharePoint online or when a custom My Site URL is configured, you have to map the My Site host URL to the SharePoint server URL. To learn how, read Using a Custom My Site Host in harmon.ie.
Instant messaging is only supported in the Enterprise Edition.
You must be logged in to Microsoft Lync or Office Communicator for this feature to work.
Your SharePoint administrator needs to grant Browse Directories permission for users to view subsites. To learn how, read SharePoint configuration requirements for harmon.ie.
This is a current limitation: document sets can be created from the harmon.ie toolbar, but they look and behave as a folder associated with a document set content type.
When you open a non-Office document, a temporary copy of the file opens. Changes to this file are not saved on the server. To force applications to open the document directly on the SharePoint server, right-click it and select Edit. Read Editing non-Office documents for more information.
To receive updates, add the relevant folder to the favorites list, and make sure that Follow library updates is checked. When a file in the folder is updated by someone, you are notified in the People tab > Updates view.
Instant messaging is supported in the Enterprise Edition only. The business cards shown in the People tab and the people information pane include icons to Send an instant message, Call, or Send an e-mail message. Click an icon to start communicating with this person.
In addition, wherever a user name is displayed in harmon.ie, it is displayed with a presence awareness icon. Right-click this icon to start communicating with this user. To learn more, read Communicating with people.
Yes, you can disable these prompts using the e-mail options. However, you should note that attachments saved to SharePoint are instantly shared with all other SharePoint users. This feature helps you to collaborate with colleagues on documents, prevents data leakage, and also saves storage space on the mail server.
You can send a link to an old version, but not the physical file. Read To attach an old version of a SharePoint document to an e-mail message to learn how.
Yes. To learn how, read Setting a default content type when uploading e-mail messages with harmon.ie.
This feature is supported in the Enterprise Edition. Read Mapping e-mail headers to SharePoint metadata.
Not currently. Supporting Outlook rules is planned in an upcoming release.
Hold the Alt key while dragging the e-mail message to SharePoint. To change the default behavior and for more information, read Moving e-mail messages to SharePoint.
Prompting to save attachments to SharePoint is set in your e-mail options.
To replace a SharePoint document with a document with another name, drag-and-drop the new document and hover over the document you want to replace for 2 seconds. You will be asked if you want to replace this document, or add your document as a new version. Read add a new version or replace a document with a document with another name for more information.
Uncheck Add as a new version to existing document(s) / Overwrite existing document(s) to rename the e-mail. In this case a running count is appended to the e-mail name.
- Open the document library settings and make sure the 'group by' view is defined as the default SharePoint view.
- Open harmon.ie Options and select the SharePoint tab > Use the default SharePoint view.
- Navigate to this document library in harmon.ie and refresh the view.
Yes, harmon.ie supports 'Group By' views.
No. Currently, only document and picture libraries are supported.
harmon.ie for SharePoint, Outlook Edition 3.2 supports the SharePoint option Connect to Outlook which synchronizes a SharePoint library or folder and makes its items available offline using Microsoft Outlook. Read How to connect a SharePoint folder to Outlook to learn how.
Yes. Simply paste the URL in the harmon.ie search/navigation omnibox and hit Enter.
To start working with your colleagues, open the People tab. If it does not appear, you have to configure a SharePoint social server.
To start working, add a SharePoint site to the harmon.ie sidebar. Then you can start looking for and working with SharePoint documents.
harmon.ie is very intuitive to use. To help you get started we suggest viewing our getting started videos or reading our getting started guide for harmon.ie for SharePoint, Outlook Edition.
Prepopulating the SharePoint sites list is an Enterprise Edition feature. To learn how to centrally and remotely add SharePoint sites to all harmon.ie users, read Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint.
Centrally installing harmon.ie is an Enterprise Edition feature. Learn how to centrally install, provision, and update harmon.ie.
harmon.ie supports Microsoft Lync and OCS (Office Communications Server) presence awareness for instant messaging.
harmon.ie (pronounced 'harmony') provides software solutions that advance social business by bringing collaboration to every business user, by aggregating document collaboration, enterprise social networking, unified communications and other social tools into the email client and mobile devices, saving time and simplifying usability.
harmon.ie currently provides solutions for accessing SharePoint from the places where you spend your work day, like Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, iPad, and iPhone, as well as providing access to Google Docs from Outlook. harmon.ie allows you to locate, share, and work on your documents quickly and easily, directly from your e-mail or mobile device. harmon.ie also allows you to search for people in SharePoint and communicate with them from unified communications tools, as well as receive social and document updates.
Use harmon.ie to locate, share, and work on your documents quickly and easily, directly from your e-mail or mobile device. harmon.ie also allows you to search for people in SharePoint and communicate with them from unified communications tools, as well as receive social and document updates.
harmon.ie is an Outlook add-in which leverages the existing security infrastructure. If your SharePoint server is inside the corporate firewall, requests are sent inside the intranet. If your SharePoint implementation is configured to use SSL (https), all content is encrypted when it is sent to SharePoint.
harmon.ie uses the standard web services API provided by Microsoft to interact with SharePoint. User permissions are respected by the API calls; therefore, users can only view SharePoint content for which they have permissions.
There are a few features that are available in the enterprise edition that are not available in the free edition. For more information, see the comparison table.
In addition, the free edition includes a single-user license that cannot be distributed centrally within an organization. The enterprise edition provides centralized deployment and provisioning for enterprise customers.
The free version license is limited to use by up to two hundred and fifty (250) users per company.
Pricing for harmon.ie Enterprise Editions are listed on the harmon.ie web site. If you would like to obtain a detailed price quote, complete the 'Get a Quote' form on the harmon.ie site.
No, the invite friends bar is available in the free edition of harmon.ie. It is not present in the Enterprise Edition.
The free edition of harmon.ie is limited to a single user. If you would like your colleagues to use harmon.ie, send them to the harmon.ie download page, or let them know via the 'tell your friends about harmon.ie' buttons at the bottom of the harmon.ie window. Better yet, upgrade to the Enterprise Edition; with this edition, you can centrally deploy and distribute harmon.ie to your organization. With the Enterprise Edition, you can also take advantage of social features and IM integration, that lets you 'collaborate in context' with colleagues. Get more information from the harmon.ie web site.
Currently, there is no harmon.ie sidebar for the Mac. If you would like to see one, let us know via the Feedback page.
