Mobile Document Access

(For Councillors and Staff)

Using WebDAV

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Overview

All Councillors have Apple iPads (and iPhones)

Council documents are distributed to Councillors electronically using WebDAV.

Councillors download documents using Readdledocs and/or iAnnotate

Both apps store local versions of the docs on the iPad

It’s reliable, easy, quick and the accepted way

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What is WebDAV?

Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning

Many modern operating systems provide built in support for WebDAV

WebDAV gives you a private cloud with full Windows security

Many iPad applications support WebDAV

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iPad WebDAV Applications

ReaddledocsiAnnotateGoodReaderPagesNumbersKeynote

WebDAV Nav+

iStorage

My WebDAV

OverTheAir

And more…

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Security

Each iPad user must have a domain login

In the iPad app, the external URL and domain login is required

Back at the office… on the network share, create user folders and add authorised users 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 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

can use to access content on iDevices

T drive

Readdledocs on an iPad

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Known Issues

The Windows built-in WebDAV client is problematic

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-webdav-on-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