alt Hacker NewsNetwork drives mean no local retention and no real good answer for Windows+Mac+Android+iOS clients to remotely access the files. It also doesn't solve sharing those files externally with granular permissions.
All of these kinds things need protection against data loss and centralized control+management, not just the user folder alone.
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seb1204 • today at 12:57 PM
10 years ago this was not a key requirement. But now it is
Sadly One Drive has pushed out the implementation of proper DMS in some instances.
vrighter • today at 12:34 PM
isn't that also the case witf onedrive because it deletes local copies?
> Network drives mean no local retention
Technically speaking, Windows does support client-side caching on network drives. I've used it in the past for a highly limited number of users (read: me, on a personal share) and it works kind of like OneDrive/Dropbox/other cloud platform. But it's really rough and doesn't handle conflicts well.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/web-hosting/configurin...