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Connecting and disconnecting your Dropbox app

This article describes how to connect your Dropbox application for Coro protection.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A minimum subscription of Dropbox "Advanced"
  • Full administrator access for your Dropbox subscription

Connecting to Coro

To connect Dropbox for Coro protection:

  1. Sign in to the Coro console.

  2. From the sidebar, select Control Panel:

    Control panel sidebar
  3. Select Cloud Applications:

    Cloud Applications
  4. On the Cloud applications page, select Dropbox:

    Cloud apps screen

    Alternatively, select + CONNECT and then, select Dropbox from the Connect cloud applications dialog that follows.

    Coro displays the Connect to Dropbox dialog:

    Connect to Dropbox dialog step 1
  5. Select CONNECT to authorize Coro to access your Dropbox team members and their files.

  6. Enter your Dropbox credentials and select Sign in:

    Dropbox link screen
  7. Dropbox requests confirmation that you want to allow Coro access to your team members. Select Allow:

    Allow screen
  8. In the Coro console, select CONNECT to authorize Coro to access your Dropbox team members' files:

    Connect screen
  9. Coro connects to Dropbox to obtain details of your user accounts, ready to apply protection:

    Synchronizing users to Coro

    Select SKIP to skip this process and configure protection manually.

  10. After a short wait, Coro displays the number of identified user accounts:

    Apply protection automatically to all users

    Select AUTO-PROTECT ALL USERS to automatically apply protection to all identified users.

    Select SKIP to skip this step and configure protection manually.

    Important

    Be aware that your Coro subscription might be subject to a limit on the maximum number of protected users in your workspace. In this scenario, Coro shows the number of users that can be protected under your current limit:

    Protection limits

    If the number of identified users in this connection would mean you exceed the protection limit, select SKIP and configure protection manually from the User Management page. For more information, see Protection limits.

Dropbox is now connected to Coro and shown as Connected:

Cloud apps screen

Disconnecting your Dropbox account

To disconnect Dropbox from Coro protection:

  1. Sign in to the Coro console and go to Control Panel > Cloud applications.

  2. From the three-dot menu adjacent to Dropbox, select Disconnect.

  3. In the confirmation dialog that appears, select YES, DISCONNECT.

Dropbox is now disconnected from Coro protection.