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Can anyone give a laymans interpretation of what webdav is/does? Would much prefer comments as opposed to links. Essentially we have a records management app similar to sharepoint but not sharepoint, the admin says he requires it as for some tasks uses webdav as its easeir to view the structure of the System. Any idea what exactly it does/is and why you need that above beyond sharepoint or similar tools? Please keep answers pretty basic.
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Can anyone give a laymans interpretation of what webdav is/does? Would much prefer comments as opposed to links. Essentially we have a records management app similar to sharepoint but not sharepoint, the admin says he requires it as for some tasks uses webdav as its easeir to view the structure of the System. Any idea what exactly it does/is and why you need that above beyond sharepoint or similar tools? Please keep answers pretty basic.

webdav basics

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books. Common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include manual sharing utilizing removable media, centralized servers on computer networks, World Wide Web-based hyperlinked documents, distributed peer-to-peer networking (P2P) and cloud-based file syncing.

File Sharing Software

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Microsoft SharePoint

Software is any set of instructions that directs a computer to perform specific tasks or operations. Computer software consists of programs, libraries and related non-executable data (such as documentation). Computer software is non-tangible, contrasted with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers. Software written in a machine language is known as "machine code". However, in practice, software is usually written in high-level programming languages than machine language. High-level languages are translated into machine language using a compiler or interpreter or a combination of the two.