Hi there, my company is moving off of our old groupware system to something new. I have been advocating Google Apps. However, the biggest barrier at this time is the lack of a file server-type functionality in Google Apps (Google Docs allows you to upload only limited types of documents).
Does anybody have any ideas as to the best way to incorporate a file server with Google Apps? The other groupware solutions that we are evaluating all include integrated file server functionality with the groupware package. Without an 'integrated' file server we cannot consider Google Apps as a solution (my company has 200-300 email users that is is a fairly big account). Here is the general idea: Upon creation of a particular file on the file server an email is generated and sent automatically to the Gmail accounts of certain users with permissions to access the file. Inside the email is a link to the newly created file in the file server. Problem 1: From the Internet, the user must be able to click on the link in the email and access the newly created file on the file server without entering any additional user/password information. The fle server should use the Google Apps session information to authenticate the user. The session information must be tied to Active Directory because only users in certain AD user groups are allowed to access the file. Will it be possible to do all of this using Google APIs, Active Directory, and some file server software? Problem 2: Which file server software should I use? The user must also be able to browse files on the file server that he/she has permissions to access via a web browser and a nice GUI. Oh yeah, the GUI must be in Japanese. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
