Overview
DocuSign for SharePoint Online allows users to sign or send documents for signature from a
SharePoint Online library. This guide provides information about installing, sending and signing
documents from SharePoint Online.
l IE11, Edge (current version), Chrome (current version), Firefox (current version)
DocuSign for SharePoint Online supports the following languages for sending and signing:
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, and Spanish
Important: DocuSign for SharePoint Online can only be installed and configured by a SharePoint
Online administrator or Site Collection owner.
For major releases, customers can opt into our Early Access list to receive notifications and pre-
release versions before they are publicly available. To receive early access notifications, send an
email request to sharepoint@docusign.com.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
Send with a Template from DocuSign for SharePoint Online 11
FAQ 24
Release Notes 29
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 3
1. Click + add an app from the Site Content page in SharePoint Online.
2. Click SharePoint Store in the left column. This opens the SharePoint store.
4. Click the DocuSign for SharePoint Online listing. Here, you will find more information
about the application. Click ADD IT. You may be prompted to reenter your credentials.
5. You are prompted to trust DocuSign for SharePoint Online. Click Trust It.
6. DocuSign for SharePoint Online has now been installed successfully. Access the
application by going to My Apps under Site Contents.
SharePoint administrators can change the account settings for DocuSign for
SharePoint online. Refer to DocuSign for SharePoint Account Settings for more
information.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 4
Note: DocuSign for SharePoint Online must be installed separately for each site. See
this Microsoft support article for information on how to set up an App Catalog to
deploy DocuSign for SharePoint Online to multiple sites simultaneously.
7. The DocuSign actions are visible under the DocuSign tab for all document libraries in
that Site Collection.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 5
2. On the ribbon, in the DocuSign tab, click Get Signatures. Alternatively, you can click
the document menu, click …, and then select Send with DocuSign.
3. The DocuSign sending experience opens in a new browser window. The selected
documents are automatically included in the documents being sent.
Note: If this is the first time you are using DocuSign to send or sign from SharePoint
Online, you are asked to log in with an existing account or to create a new DocuSign
account.
If you choose log in with your DocuSign account and your account has Single Sign On
(SSO) enabled, you can use your company credentials to access DocuSign. Click
Company Login, enter your email address, and then click Continue.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 6
When you click More login options, if your administrator has enabled it, you can log in
with your Office 365 account.
The DocuSign prepare page opens where you can add documents, recipients, and an
email message seen by all recipients of the envelope.
4. Under Add Recipients, type the name and email address of your first recipient.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 7
5. To set the appropriate action for the recipient, click one of the following options from
the list:
l Needs to Sign. Specifies that the recipient must complete the DocuSign fields added
to the document (for example, sign, initial, date, and so on)
l Receives a Copy. Specifies that the recipient receives a copy of the document, with
no further action required
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 8
l Needs to View. Specifies that recipient must view the document to complete their
action.
6. To add another recipient, click ADD RECIPIENT, and then add the recipient
information.
7. If you have multiple recipients, you can change the routing order by selecting the Set
signing order check box, and then dragging and dropping the recipient or by typing
the routing order.
9. Under Message to All Recipients, type a subject for the email sent to all recipients. The
default subject is "Please DocuSign This Document". The subject is limited to 100 char-
acters.
10. Type a message for the email body sent to all recipients. The message is limited to
2000 characters.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 9
12. For each recipient, drag and drop fields from the left palette on to the document.
You can modify other information by clicking OTHER ACTIONS, and then clicking one
of the following:
l Edit Message - to modify the subject and message to all recipients
l Advanced Options - to set recipient privileges, reminders, and when the request
expires
Refer to DocuSign Help for more details about sending your document.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 10
14. Done!
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 11
If templates are enabled for your account, you can send documents using a template from
DocuSign for SharePoint Online.
1. Go to a SharePoint Online document library, and on the ribbon in the DocuSign tab,
click Use a Template.
2. The template selection screen appears with a list of recently used templates.
From the list, select the template you want to send, or use the search field to find and
select a template.
Click Continue.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 12
Important: If you selected documents in the Document Library before clicking Use a
Template those documents are not included.
Note: If this is the first time you are using DocuSign to send or sign from SharePoint
Online, you are asked to log in with an existing account or create a new DocuSign
account using your Office 365 credentials.
If you choose to log in with your DocuSign account and your account has Single Sign
On (SSO) enabled, you can use your company credentials to access DocuSign. Click
Company Login, enter your email address, and then click Continue.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 13
4. Enter recipient information for any role recipients. Named recipients, such as if you are
listed as a signer on the template, are not shown; you see only the role recipients that
need to be completed.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 14
l Click SEND DOCUMENT to send the document immediately. If you send the doc-
ument, you are done.
8. Done! You have successfully sent documents for signature with DocuSign.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 15
1. Go to the SharePoint Online document library and select one or more documents. On
the document ribbon, in the DocuSign tab, click Check Status. This displays a list that
shows the statuses for the documents you have sent filtered by the document library.
l The possible status values are: Draft, Waiting for Others, Completed, Declined, and
Canceled
2. For documents with a status of Completed, a PDF file with the signed document is
stored in a DocuSign folder within the originating document library. You can click View
to open the PDF file, or you can navigate to the DocuSign Documents sub-folder, or the
folder or library designated by your SharePoint administrator, to access the signed
PDF file.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 16
3. A new page opens and the DocuSign free-form signing page opens in SharePoint.
Note: If this is the first time you are using DocuSign to send or sign from SharePoint
Online, you are asked to log in with an existing account or create a new DocuSign
account using your Office 365 credentials.
l Click the field you want to place and then drag and drop the field at the appropriate
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 17
5. After you have placed all the fields in the document, click FINISH to complete your
document signing.
6. Done!
You have successfully signed the document with DocuSign. The signed document is
saved as a PDF file in the DocuSign Documents sub-folder in the originating document
library, or in the library or folder designated by your SharePoint administrator. Open
the folder to access the signed PDF.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 18
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 19
To access the account settings, under the DocuSign for SharePoint Online application,
navigate to the Admin Settings screen.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 20
l Environment: This sets which DocuSign environment your DocuSign for SharePoint
Online installation is using. This can allow testing or demonstrations of the installation
before going live on the DocuSign production environment.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 21
To change the setting, click EDIT, and then select the desired DocuSign environment.
Changing the environment removes the system-wide login. Click SAVE to save the
change.
l Completed DocuSign documents: This sets where completed documents are stored.
To change the setting click EDIT. This opens the Completed DocuSign Document
storage options dialog box with three options:
o The first, and default, option is for the documents to be stored in a dedicated
DocuSign documents folder in the document library from which the DocuSign action
was initiated.
o The second option is for the signed document to be stored as a new document in the
same document library from which the DocuSign action was initiated.
o The third option is to store the signed document as a document in a site or folder.
You can choose the site or folder from the list in the dialog. This action is only avail-
able for SharePoint administrators.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 22
o Download as separate PDFs - Each sent and signed document file is saved as a sep-
arate PDF file. The settings for the signed document naming convention and com-
pleted DocuSign documents storage location are applied to each file.
l Signed document naming convention: This sets the naming convention used for
completed documents.
o The first option is to append the time the document was signed to the document
name. This is the default.
o The second option is to append recipient names and the time the document was
signed to the document name.
o The third option is to append the sender's name and the time the document was
signed to the document name.
To change the setting click EDIT, and then select the signed document naming
convention. Click SAVE to save the change.
l Signed Document version settings: This sets whether a signed document is saved as a
new file or as a new version of the original document.
To change the setting click EDIT, and then select the signed documents version setting.
Click SAVE to save the change.
l Guided Sending Settings: This sets what page users see when sending a document:
o The first option is Prepare, where senders see the DocuSign prepare page where
they can add documents and recipients to the envelope being sent (step 12 of the
Sending Documents procedure). This is the default.
o The second option is Preview, where senders see the Add Fields page where they
drag and drop DocuSign fields for each recipient.
o The third option is Enable recipient and message entry, where senders are asked to
enter recipients, an email subject, and email message (steps 4 - 10 of the Sending
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 23
Documents procedure) before the sender is taken to the DocuSign web application
prepare page (step 12 of the Sending Documents procedure).
To change these settings, click EDIT, and then select the option to use. Click SAVE to
save the changes.
l Login with Office 365: This sets whether users can log in with their Office 365
credentials. The default is enabled. When this option is disabled, users can only log in
with their DocuSign account. If they don't have a DocuSign account, they can create a
free account.
To change these settings, click EDIT, and then select the option to use. Click SAVE to
save the changes.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 24
FAQ
What happens when I create a DocuSign account?
l A free DocuSign account is created. If you run out of sends, contact your system admin-
istrator to upgrade your account to a paid DocuSign account.
If I am an admin of Office 365 and would like to upgrade to a paid DocuSign account,
what do I do?
l Send with DocuSign is used when you want to send a document, or documents, to one
or more people to gather signatures or information from those people. You, as the
sender, can also be a signer on documents, but you do not have to be. Sign with
DocuSign is used when you just want to sign something yourself that can be delivered
to someone else.
Using the Sign with DocuSign option only takes you to the signing page in DocuSign,
while the Send with DocuSign lets you address and tag the document for sending.
I’m not the administrator or Site Collection owner for my SharePoint Online account,
can I still install DocuSign for SharePoint?
l No, only the administrator or Site Collection owner can install this application.
What permissions must I have to be able to use DocuSign for SharePoint Online?
l You must have Contribute permission for the Site where DocuSign is installed.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 25
l Under the DocuSign for SharePoint Online application, navigate to the Admin Settings
screen. Next to Environment, click Edit. This brings up a dialog box where you can
select the desired API environment. This action also removes the system-wide login.
Click Save to save the changes.
l Under the DocuSign for SharePoint Online application, navigate to the Admin Settings
screen, then to Completed DocuSign Documents, and click Edit. This opens the
Completed DocuSign Document storage options dialog with three options:
The first, and default, option is for the documents to be stored in a dedicated DocuSign
documents folder in the document library from which the DocuSign action was initiated.
The second option is for the signed document to be stored as a document in the same
document library from which the DocuSign action was initiated.
The third option is to store the signed document as a document in a site or folder. You
can choose the site or folder from the list in the dialog. This action is only available for
SharePoint administrators.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 26
l Under the DocuSign for SharePoint Online application, navigate to the Admin Settings
screen, then to Signed document naming convention, and click Edit. This opens the dia-
log box where you can select how signed documents are named. This action is only
available for SharePoint administrators.
Who can see the status of documents sent from a document library?
l Everyone with rights to the SharePoint document library can see the status of doc-
uments for that document library – regardless of whether the user is the sender or the
recipient.
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 27
l Under Site Contents, click the … icon next to DocuSign for SharePoint Online. Click the
REMOVE link, and then click OK when prompted for confirmation. All DocuSign
statuses will be deleted from DocuSign for SharePoint Online.
I love this! How do I write a review for DocuSign for SharePoint Online?
l Go to the SharePoint Store and find the DocuSign for SharePoint Online listing. Next to
details, click Reviews. Click See more and rate, and then Write your own review.
Thanks for your feedback!
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 28
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign for SharePoint Online 29
Release Notes
The following features and updates were included as part of DocuSign for SharePoint
Online v3.3:
l Updated the options in the Guided Sending Settings. Added a third option and renamed
another:
o Prepare document (default)
o Preview document (in previous version this was Disable recipient and message entry)
221 Main Street, Suite 1550, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ι www.docusign.com Ι © DocuSign, Inc.