Good point about the permissions, cheers.

With regard to the drive mapping requirement, couldn't you map a P: drive
to %userprofile%\DropBox or whatever it maps to?

On 7 November 2014 15:36, Matthew Topper <[email protected]> wrote:

>  There are two big requirements I have for this:
>
>
> 1. Granular permissions. I know DropBox has made some progress with that,
> but I really want to be able to assign permissions similar to what I can do
> on a normal file server.
>
> 2. Drive letter access. I know this seems like a small thing, but users
> have trouble understanding anything other than "The shared folders are the
> P: drive". "The shared folders are on the folder called 'Dropbox' in your
> profile" is difficult for some (and it causes problems with shortcuts).
>
>
> I'd be willing to sacrifice some of the efficient syncing that Dropbox
> offers for those two features.
>
>
>  Matthew Topper
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> on behalf of James Rankin <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 7, 2014 10:32 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] EFS products
>
>   I know I sent an email out about this previously some time ago and most
> people completely ignored me, so if I didn't get the message that time I
> apologize for trying again.
>
> I'm doing a study on EFS (enterprise file syncing products) and I'd be
> interested to know what products people use/prefer/hate/etc. I'd also be
> interested to hear what features the list considers necessary to such
> products, and also maybe whether those you use have or don't have said
> important features.
>
> Not looking for a load of information - basic stuff will suffice.
> Personally, I use DropBox, and obviously price:storage ratio is the most
> obvious thing to consider - just thought I'd throw it out (again!) and see
> if anyone is willing to share a few bits of info to help me out.
>
> TIA,
>
>
>
> --
>  *James Rankin*
> ---------------------
> RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization
> Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization
> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
>



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 *James Rankin*
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RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization
Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization
http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

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