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DocAve File Share Connector
Collaborate upon network file shares and cloud storage resources directly through SharePoint without migration. Connected content appears as normal SharePoint content, and can be leveraged exactly as if it were residing within a SharePoint document library. All of SharePoint’s powerful document management functionality- including permissions management, workflows, alerts, and versioning- can be applied to connected content.
- Use SharePoint to manage file share content to increase user adoption
- Avoid potentially long, costly migration projects
- Free up valuable space on SQL Server content databases
- Achieve complete SharePoint integration with full index and search support
- Automatically provision SharePoint Libraries with fully customizable SDK
Because DocAve File Share Connector is part of the DocAve Software Platform, the industry's only truly integrated platform for SharePoint, Administrators can still protect and manage connected SharePoint contents through the DocAve interface.
As with all AvePoint software, DocAve File Share Connector leverages only fully supported Microsoft EBS and RBS methodologies and API's.
Key Business Advantages of DocAve File Share Connector
Unify Delivery of File Shares without the Need for Migration
Centralize all file share assets in SharePoint, providing end-users with a single point of access for all content. Fully interactive and integrated directly through Office client applications, Connector provides a seamless document management and presentation experience.
Leverage all of SharePoint’s Document Management and Presentation Functionality
File share documents are presented in a Document Library and are amenable to all SharePoint management features, including workflows, alerts, search, custom content-typing and metadata tagging, and permissions management.
Optimize SQL Resources by Minimizing Data Stored in SharePoint Storage
Dramatically reduce costs by limiting the amount of SQL storage required to support business needs. Data, though managed and presented in SharePoint, can remain in file shares without the need to occupy valuable space in SQL.
Technical Advantages of DocAve File Share Document Connector
Full-Featured Management of File Share Items:
File share content can be managed using all of SharePoint’s management and collaboration tools, including versioning, workflows, and alerts, as well as the DocAve Platform's data protection and management solutions, all as if it was residing directly in SharePoint’s SQL database.
Automatically Provision File Share Libraries 
With DocAve Connector SDK, Administrators can now automatically provision, configure, sync, and deploy File Share Libraries, giving Administrators unmatched flexibility to expose File Share contents in SharePoint.
Support for all Network File Shares and Cloud Storage Systems:
Connect any network addressable file share or cloud-based storage system directly to SharePoint platforms.
Seamless Integration with SharePoint Search:
All attached file share data is fully integrated with SharePoint’s native, full text search functionality, as well as all other search tools that leverage the standard SharePoint APIs.
Comprehensive Support for Custom Metadata and Column Types:
All attached file share content can be associated with any of SharePoint’s standard and customized metadata fields, and appended with any variety of column type.
Native Permissions Management:
Securities and permissions for all attached file share data are integrated with SharePoint’s permissions management.
Total Interactivity with Client Office Applications and Third-party Tools:
Attached content can be presented and modified directly through Office applications, or acted upon by third-party tools, just as if the content resided in SharePoint’s SQL database.
Event-based Synchronization Between File Share and SharePoint:
Fully customizable synch-options enable event-based synchronization between SharePoint and file shares, ensuring that the latest content is always presented in the file share.
Full Platform Integration:
Fully integrated with DocAVe storage optimization products to connect, clean, archive, and tier legacy data storage systems. Manage file shares with automated business-rule driven storage policies.
DocAve File Share Connector Resources
Customer Case Studies:
- University of Florida uses DocAve to Manage, Protect, and Optimize its SharePoint Farms
Learn how the University of Florida bolstered its SharePoint data protection, administration, and storage management capabilities with DocAve.
- River East Transcona School Division Accesses File Share Content through SharePoint and Efficiently Manages 1,200 Sites with DocAve
Find out how River East Transcona School Division accessed more than 600 GB of file share content from anywhere through SharePoint without migration.
- LPMA Optimises File Share Content and Accelerates SharePoint Adoption with DocAve Connector
Learn how the Land and Property Management Authority was able to seamlessly manage and present 8 terabytes of file-share content without the need for migration with DocAve.
To read more customer success stories, please click on the following Case Studies link.
Product Information & White Papers:
- DocAve Connector Product Brochure
Seamlessly Manage and Present File Shares via SharePoint - Best Practices for Optimizing SharePoint Storage Management Strategies with DocAve
This white paper outlines guidelines and strategies for optimizing SQL Server management and improving overall SharePoint platform performance. - Optimize SharePoint Storage with BLOB Externalization
This document is intended to provide a comprehensive and balanced examination of SharePoint storage concepts and issues, and to equip you to fully understand, communicate and make informed decisions about the role of BLOB externalization in your storage architecture.
eGuides:
- Intelligently Reducing SharePoint Costs through Storage Optimization
This eGuide by Don Jones reviews the major limitations of native storage options within SharePoint and discusses the goals necessary for implementing scalable storage optimization solutions.
- The Essential Guide to Optimizing SharePoint Storage
This eGuide by Satish Jakka discusses options for ridding SharePoint's SQL database of Binary Large Objects (BLOB's) to siginificantly decrease database costs and improve content lifecycle management in SharePoint.
Technical Advisor:
- Storage Optimization for SharePoint
Learn the key components of a successful storage optimization strategy for SharePoint.
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