SharePoint File Share – Manage & Access File Shares in SharePoint

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Why bring all the files stored on your network file shares to SharePoint when you can bring SharePoint to them?

Today, many companies have files they want to manage in SharePoint - some files being quite large (exceeding 200MB). To do this, however, raises some important concerns:

These files are usually stored on the file system in one folder instead of having a directory structure.
Since SharePoint stores these files in the SharePoint database, the database can become too large, too quickly.
Need to have the option to maintain some files in the file system and some in the SharePoint Document Library directly.
Want to have the meta data that SharePoint Libraries offer in order to maintain the directories for files that are in the file system.
Want to get users up and running on SharePoint as quickly as possible without having to wait on Administrative resources to upload large quantities of documents per user or department.

If you have even ONE of these concerns, then the SharePoint File Share Library is the solution. It is a customized SharePoint Document Library that retains much of the characteristics and functions of a Document Library. However, its additional features include automatically mapping the library to a network drive and displaying the files and folder structure on the network file share as if they are in the library. This way you have the benefit of the meta data offered in the SharePoint Library as well as access to your file share files. You can also upload files directly to the File Share Library and have files that are mapped to the file share all in the same library.

A wholesale import of documents, images, and other file types into SharePoint isn't always practical. By removing the chore of undertaking a mass import of files, the File Share Library enables users to become productive immediately, while administrators are free to focus on other aspects of the SharePoint implementation. With the help of the File Share Library, files can be moved to SharePoint gradually or all at once at your convenience.

SharePoint File Share Library

New! Now supported on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010.

Features	Descriptions
New File Share Library	Automatically syncs to a network file share of your choice. Automatically adds files uploaded to the File Share Library to the external file share.
Move Files	Show or hide the Mark File For Import option that allows users to move files from the external file share drive into the SharePoint Document Library.
Import Large Files	Allows users to upload a file from the File Share Library that is larger than the SharePoint maximum file size setting and stores it on the external file share drive only.
Check In/Check Out	View, edit, check out/in, maintain revisions for both file share files and files imported or directly uploaded to the library.
User Friendly	Built on standard SharePoint Document Library making it familiar to end users. Icons and Status columns help users to sort files by the File Share Library built in statuses.
Sync Options	Option to automatically sync file share with File Share Library or manually sync.
Handles "Lost" Items	Checks for deleted, moved files from the file share due to importing the file into the File Share Library or moving or deleting the file directly from the file share, and updates them accordingly in the File Share Library upon sync.
Clean Up	Automatically leaves the file on the file share, deletes or moves a deleted or imported file share file to a specified archive location.
Time Management	Imports all items inside a file share folder when you import a file share folder into the library.
Security	Maintains SharePoint Document Library security and standard settings.
Administration	The File Share Library is automatically synced using timer jobs that are monitored by SharePoint Central Administration.