Mobile Document Access
(For Councillors and Staff)
Using WebDAV
Overview
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All Councillors have Apple iPads (and iPhones)
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Council documents are distributed to Councillors electronically using
WebDAV.
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Councillors download documents using Readdledocs and/or iAnnotate
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Both apps store local versions of the docs on the iPad
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It’s reliable, easy, quick and the accepted way
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What is WebDAV?
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Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
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Many modern operating systems provide built in support for WebDAV
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WebDAV gives you a private cloud with full Windows security
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Many iPad applications support WebDAV
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iPad WebDAV Applications
 Readdledocs
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WebDAV Nav+
 iAnnotate
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iStorage
 GoodReader
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My WebDAV
 Pages
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OverTheAir
 Numbers
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And more…
 Keynote
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Security
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Each iPad user must have a domain login
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In the iPad app, the external URL and domain login is required
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Back at the office…
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on the network share, create user folders and add authorised users
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drag and drop content into the user-folders
Apps behave differently. Some hide, others grey-out, unauthorised users
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Some Examples
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Internal use
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We make a network share available to all staff, mapped to “T” for Temp
Every Friday content older than 1 week in T is deleted
We map “T” to a WebDAV login that staff
Readdledocs on an iPad
can use to access content on iDevices
T drive
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Known Issues
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The Windows built-in WebDAV client is problematic
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No Business Continuity
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How to…
http://wiki.iaso.com/index.php/Manual:IIS7.5_WebDAV_Installation_Sample
http://iclues.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/all-steps-needed-how-to-set-up-webdavon-windows-server-2008-r2/
http://www.southrivertechnologies.com/products/webdrive/WebDAVClient.html
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Contact Details
Brandon Cheshire
Manager Information Services
Mornington Peninsula Shire
Brandon.cheshire@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Mobile: 0419339088
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