Egnyte Desktop Co-Editing Setup

Prerequisites:

Egnyte Account details
Microsoft Account details
Authy app (or your Authenticator app of choice)
Egnyte Desktop app up-to-date
Microsoft apps up-to-date
Chrome up-to-date

Setup Tutorial:

Please follow this Zoom clip. Egnyte Desktop Co-Editing Setup - Voiceover.

Or alternatively follow the written guidance below:

Open the Engyte Desktop app, head to the settings icon/menu, and remove all drives.
- You may notice a slight lag when removing, please ensure all drives are removed.
Open Word, head to the top left, click on your initials and click Sign Out.
You’ll now want to begin re-adding your Egnyte Drives, starting with your Company Domain/Drive first.
- Be aware that you’ll only be able to use Desktop Co-editing on the drives that you’ve added here.
Please retrieve your details from Dashlane and have Authy or your Authenticator app of choice open, ready to enter your 2FA codes.
Enter your Email, select the drive you wish to add, and enter your password.
3 options will appear, if you have the Authy app set up you can select Mobile Pushfrom this list and you'll receive an Approve or Deny notification in Authy
- Alternatively choose Use Passcode to receive a text message or enter the code from your Authenticator app.
After you’ve added your drive, select the Add Another Drive option under the Open Folder button, and continue to add the rest of your drives.
Now open Word and click the sign in button in the top left.
After signing in click your intials in the top left and click the plus button next to Connected Services.
Please ensure you have Quit or Force Quit Excel and Powerpoint before proceeding further.
Open Word and the Connected Accounts menu and select Egnyte at the bottom.
A new window will appear, click Import, then Allow Access, and then click the close button.
You may now reopen Powerpoint and Word.
Check your initials in the top left for these two apps, and you should see the Egnyte image listed as an option there.
- This means you've successfully set up the Egnyte Desktop Co-Editing integration within the Microsoft apps.
You may now proceed to the Demo Clip.

Egnyte Desktop Co-Editing Demo clip