9.6. Accessing Files with WebDAV

With WebDAV you can access the Files app files in the same way as when accessing local files on your disk. Compared with the access from the Groupware GUI, WebDAV has advantages and disadvantages:

  • The advantage is the quick and direct access with a file browser e.g. the Windows Explorer. You need not be logged in to the Groupware GUI.

  • The disadvantage is that you can only see the current document version. Neither the version history nor additional information, like comments, are displayed.

Warning: If you delete a file with WebDAV, all versions will be lost, not only the current version. In order to delete a specific version, exclusively use the methods described in: How to delete a certain version:.

Prior to accessing the Files app files with a file browser, e.g. the Windows Explorer, you have to set up the WebDAV access. Depending on the system software the procedure differs: