How to synchronise a local server folder to office 365 (or another cloud product) and then publish so they can be accessed via a secure browser portal.
I have been asked to provide a solution where the inhouse windows 2016 server has a folder that synchronises the contents of that folder to a cloud storage. The cloud document store needs to be able to be accessed via a browser by an external company. My client uses office 365 and i was playing around with Azure file sync, Sharepoint .....etc.
I have managed to get the local folder to sync using Azure file sync ok but cant see how to get a link between the files synchronised and sharepoint or is there another secure way that i should be looking at. I need a secure solution up and running by Monday.
PS i have never used Azure / Sharepoint before. Should i be looking at setting up an FTP site?
I have managed to get the local folder to sync using Azure file sync ok but cant see how to get a link between the files synchronised and sharepoint or is there another secure way that i should be looking at. I need a secure solution up and running by Monday.
PS i have never used Azure / Sharepoint before. Should i be looking at setting up an FTP site?
ASKER
Hi Arnold
Thanks for your reply. Because of the nature of the business the client doesn't want to give the third party any access to the there network. The data is confidential personnel records that need to be accessed by a third party. Hence having a folder synchronized to the cloud and giving them access there.
How secure is onedrive for business and i assume i can synchronise one folder and the client can access through a browser?
Thanks for your reply. Because of the nature of the business the client doesn't want to give the third party any access to the there network. The data is confidential personnel records that need to be accessed by a third party. Hence having a folder synchronized to the cloud and giving them access there.
How secure is onedrive for business and i assume i can synchronise one folder and the client can access through a browser?
when you synchronize a folder, all the contents there are synchronized out.
access to the folder via secure connection via a browser is what you seem to be after, the control will be retained within versus relying on the proper configuration/enforcement on the O365..
you could restrict access to your web server to a single IP of that vendor....
Here is the point,
A vendor needs access to confidential personnel records.
The client wants to push these confidential personnel records into a cloud from which this vendor will access these files.
o365 is as secure as any other cloud, often the error/exposure is from human error, i.e. the wrong setting was chanhed exposing the data, or the wrong person was granted access, or the wrong file was uploaded, placed in the folder that got copied out.
what local resources do you have..
if you note in recent past, many compromises occurred through third party vendor who gotten compromised.
access to the folder via secure connection via a browser is what you seem to be after, the control will be retained within versus relying on the proper configuration/enforcement on the O365..
you could restrict access to your web server to a single IP of that vendor....
Here is the point,
A vendor needs access to confidential personnel records.
The client wants to push these confidential personnel records into a cloud from which this vendor will access these files.
o365 is as secure as any other cloud, often the error/exposure is from human error, i.e. the wrong setting was chanhed exposing the data, or the wrong person was granted access, or the wrong file was uploaded, placed in the folder that got copied out.
what local resources do you have..
if you note in recent past, many compromises occurred through third party vendor who gotten compromised.
ASKER
resources? ......On premise is just SBS 2011 ( to be retired in 2 months) and a Windows 2016, SonicWall TZ400 if that's what you mean but the client will do whatever so funds are no object.
The main issues is the client doesn't want to give any local access to the third party company that needs access to the files as they are small and the third party company is large and sophisticated I.T department. There is a lot of contracts and tendering going on so i have been asked to keep them away from the system entirely so to limit any chance of them being compromised.
I am re looking at one drive for business as we speak but i am surprised there appears to be know way of setting up a portal to access the Azure file sync docs which i got working yesterday. The downside is the 365 portal has too many things to click on rather than just here's the files.
The main issues is the client doesn't want to give any local access to the third party company that needs access to the files as they are small and the third party company is large and sophisticated I.T department. There is a lot of contracts and tendering going on so i have been asked to keep them away from the system entirely so to limit any chance of them being compromised.
I am re looking at one drive for business as we speak but i am surprised there appears to be know way of setting up a portal to access the Azure file sync docs which i got working yesterday. The downside is the 365 portal has too many things to click on rather than just here's the files.
ASKER
One drive doesn't install on the server.
is there a way i can publish what's in the Azur synch folder?
is there a way i can publish what's in the Azur synch folder?
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2fb1ba86-8d62-4894-94c9-c0ed9838fa80/how-can-i-enable-onedrive-on-windows-server-2016
You have to manage sites, and choose what gets published.
You have to manage sites, and choose what gets published.
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You could use onedrive for business to sync data outthere, and then you would need to use the o365 to "publish" that data.
Secure means they would need to be members of your O365 organization or prompted for login/passwords?
is your server 2016 internet accessible, i.e. open port 443 and a user would need to authenticate to gain access.
Must depends on what type of data it is and whether by regulation, you have to keep an audit meaning who accessed it and when, and from where......