capall Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Hi all, I set up WHS2011 couple of yrs ago but am just getting around to needing to be able to access documents/photos remotely, for example using office365 to edit my documents when not on my home network, using either an ipad (with office 365 apps) or a laptop (with office 2016). How are you doing this?..are you just using the remote access the whs2011 has, or doing some type of sync with cloud storage such as Onedrive, Dropbox etc? thanks Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Use the server. That's why you got one in the first place, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capall Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 yes indeed, figured I'd that comment ....thanks..I'm hoping my question doesn't come off as a stupid one, once you get past the title. I'll get it set up this week and see how the UI bears out. I suspect it won't be a good an interface as Onedrive on an ipad with the office 36 apps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Office 265 integrates very nicely with 2012R2 Essentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capall Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 It does seem that possibly the best way to get access docs online with office 365, is to use onedrive on a home PC and have all the docs you want remote access to, kept on that PC's onedrive folder. Then use the server to "back up" the files vs "keeping" all the docs on the server itself and trying to access them remotely via the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capall Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 hey guys, just wanted to check back with this. I have office 365 setup on a home desktop. We keep all our files on whs2011. What I want to also do is use ipads (with office for ipad) or laptops away from home (with office online) to access our docs. This would mean installing onedrive on the server and moving all docs that I want to access into this folder. Will that work (ie....installing one drive), and also, will it have any affects on the shared folders and how they maintained by the server? .. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianG001 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) Hi all, I set up WHS2011 couple of yrs ago but am just getting around to needing to be able to access documents/photos remotely, for example using office365 to edit my documents when not on my home network, using either an ipad (with office 365 apps) or a laptop (with office 2016). How are you doing this?..are you just using the remote access the whs2011 has, or doing some type of sync with cloud storage such as Onedrive, Dropbox etc? thanks Derek Well if you want to access your server remotely you can simply access it via a virtual PC using RDC(Remote desktop connection) application or via a browser ! So simple isn`t it Adrian Gates Sr. System Admin - Apps4Rent Edited April 17, 2018 by AdrianG001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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