For the company I currently work at, I am reviewing the possibility for Microsoft Teams as a file server hosted with Apps4Rent. This idea came to mind when we as a company want to say goodbye to the VPN. Now there are some things that I’d like to know like what are challenges that you can face when you are using Teams as a file server?
Or is it possible to do it with the state of Teams as of now?
What are the security risks involved?
What is the best way of managing the teams and the files? (We want to give as much freedom to the managers of the Teams as possible)
If you know some of this information I would like to hear more about it.
Regards,
Akshay Mane
We use it in this manner. We are ditching out legacy file server in lieu of SPO and Teams/OneDrive for all our storage needs.
We are moving everything to SPO and Teams/OneDrive. People have access to what they need and in some limited cases, we grant RO access. Mostly though we let everyone have RW access. This took alot of changes in mindset, but once we showed the ability to revision control and restore deleted files, it made everyone feel more comfortable.
Hi Chanakya,
Thank you for your answer. Which one is a better collaborative tool for meetings Skype for business or MS teams?
I have observed some pros and cons in Teams. One of the key benefits with Teams is that it makes sharing so easy. Everyone who is a member of the Team automatically has access to all the channels and all the files in the Team, the same OneNote notebook, and so on. This is all great. But teamwork isn’t always that binary. Sometimes you want to differentiate and make permission settings more granular – which is not possible at the moment. Hopefully, Microsoft will work on it.
Regards,
Akshay
Hi Akshay,
MS Teams is more a real time collaboration tool in the front end with other Office 365 workloads like groups, planner, one note, SharePoint(for files) integrated. If you are looking for a pure file store, you can go for SharePoint or Onedrive depending on the information architecture that your business needs.
