Re: Companyweb to access a folder

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From: Chico (Chico_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:09:16 -0800

Worked like a charm. Many thanks for the help.

Ken C

"Chico" wrote:

> Hi guy's,
> Thanks for the info, I will give it a try and post back the results.
>
> Ken C
>
> "Matthew Gibbons" wrote:
>
> > If you move these shared documents to a sharepoint document library, say
> > http://companyweb/documents, the remote users can then access them in the
> > way Javier describes. Local users who are part of the domain can access the
> > documents either this way, or as \\companyweb\documents - you can even map
> > this as a drive.
> >
> > We do something similar with a library of office templates. However,
> > Microsoft Word complains if you try and specify a companyweb share for
> > workgroup templates - you need to edit the registry to point it at the
> > companyweb share, and then Word is quite happy to retrieve document
> > templates from there.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Matthew
> > "Chico" <Chico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:32928A9A-FC26-4162-BEF8-9168B1903145@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi, Thanks for your quick response. Sorry about not being clear enough,
> > > it's a monday. Here is the scenerio: I have a Public directory on the
> > > SBS
> > > server that the internal users access generic company documents (policy
> > > manuals, time *** forms etc, read only). I have a couple of users at
> > > remote one person offices that could benifit from having access to these
> > > documents (there computers are not joined to our domain, so hoping to use
> > > web
> > > access). I was wanting to know if the users could access these documents
> > > via
> > > the Companyweb. In particular, I would like them to have access to whole
> > > Public folder and not have to individually upload each document (double
> > > the
> > > users work). I like the companyweb interface and the users would find it
> > > easy to work with. I hope that makes it a little clearer. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Ken C
> > >
> > > "Javier Gomez [SBS MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm not sure if I understand your question...
> > >>
> > >> You want to use Sharepoint to store files for remote users, but without
> > >> having to open the website (i.e. accessing it like a "normal" folder)? If
> > >> so, make sure you can access the Companyweb website externally first.
> > >> Then
> > >> open My Network Places and add the sharepoint site there (normally you
> > >> would
> > >> have http://companyweb//General%20Documents, but you need to change the
> > >> "companyweb" part to "whatever.domain.com:444" in order to work from
> > >> outside).
> > >>
> > >> If this is not what you want... could you be a little more clear?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Javier [SBS MVP]
> > >> www.msmvps.com/javier
> > >> << SBS ROCKS!!! >>
> > >>
> > >> "Chico" <Chico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:D0614B26-E53D-4404-BB72-A877D67C7484@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Hi, I am using sbs2003 and need to have remote users access files in a
> > >> > folder
> > >> > on the server, without having to upload them into sharepoint services.
> > >> > Can
> > >> > sharepoint services be used to access a folder this way? If so how? Can
> > >> > folder websharing be used to assist Sharepoint services to get access?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks for any info on this.
> > >> >
> > >> > Ken C
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

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