Exchange 2007 - OWA Direct File Access
A new feature in Exchange 2007 and OWA (Outlook Web Access) is direct file access to a SharePoint or Windows File Share. Enabling this feature is a snap, well always on the second try.
On the server-side:
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Fire up the Exchange Management Console...
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Go to Server Configuration -> Client Access, select the owa (Default Web Site), and pull up it's Properties window
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Most of the features are enabled out of the box, but if you would like to play, you can setup some pretty neat features on the Public and Private Computer File Access tab pages correspondingly.
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The only thing we NEED to configure is on the Remote File Servers tab.
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You need to add the File server(s) to the Allow list and their corresponding FQDNs to the treat as internal list, you can also set how default server's are treated, allowed or blocked.
On the client-side:
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Select the Documents tab in the lower left corner
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Click on Open Location, and input a server name click ok
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You can now browse through any of the server's file shares and so on...you can then add a folder to your favorites list so it always pops up when you login to OWA, for convenience.
