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by optronix_quebec

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Hi

I currently have an offline folder setup through VPN for laptop users.

This setup is very awkard for the people on the road as they're not very computer literate and the messages of the VPN not being able to connect, the on and off nature of their network environement and the general spotiness of windows offline files make this setup much less practical than originally planned.

The goal of this setup is to backup their whole documents folder to the server (aka keep it in sync) and to make sure they have the latest version of things such as price lists as soon as it is changed on the server (given they have an active internet connection at the time obviously).

Is there any way to do this by bypassing the VPN and offline files approach completely ? I do have the ability of setting up a web server (must use port 443 - https) for this specific purpose on our already running server. The important thing is that this is as seemless as possible and without user intervention.

Thanks.

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by chris910

Here is annsupported Microsoft tool that should do what you want.

SyncToy v1.4 is available as a free download on the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers

http://tinyurl.com/7dlru

by optronix_quebec

This would seem to be a software that shows promise with how I want to do things given the whitepaper. However, it doesn't mention anywhere that it can be used through the net. Would you know how to accomplish it with this software ?

Thanks.

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