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Windows Share/ Repository Location

allan67 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:37:00 GMT

Hi EveryoneJust got a version of Alfresco up and running today. I was wondering if the following is possibleI create a new site for an R&D team. The R&D team already have a share on a windows file server called RandD. Can i use this as the document library for the system. So when the logon t

Re: Windows Share/ Repository Location

mrogers — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:26:02 GMT

No you can't.

You need to copy in the files into Alfresco so the Alfresco server is serving up the shared drive (and managing the content) rather than say samba serving up a shared drive. You can even call it RandD so it will look the same to your end users.

Re: Windows Share/ Repository Location

allan67 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18:01 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply!

Thats answerd my question. Unfortunitly is an MS enterprise i run and i wanted to use Alfresco as an alternative to sharepoint which i'm sure does have this feature (all be it in the full blown version)
For us qwindows admings ( :roll: it would be handy to have Alfresco link to existing shares which are no doubt already part of a windows backup strategy… just a thought