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# Configuring the Shared Links Feature | # Configuring the Shared Links Feature | ||
- | ##### last updated on: Sept. ZZ, 2021 | + | ##### last updated on: Sept. 16, 2021 |
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- | The File Fabric includes an extensive set of features for sharing files and folders through secure links. | + | |
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- | This page explains how the appliance administrator and the organization administrator can configure the link sharing feature. | + | |
+ | The Access Anywhere includes an extensive set of features for sharing files and folders through secure links. | ||
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+ | This page explains how the appliance administrator and the organization administrator can configure the link sharing feature. | ||
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## Appliance Administrator | ## Appliance Administrator | ||
### Requiring Secure Links | ### Requiring Secure Links | ||
- | Most File Fabrics | + | Most Access Anywheres |
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### Making Short Links Available to Tenants | ### Making Short Links Available to Tenants | ||
#### Activation in Packages | #### Activation in Packages | ||
- | The appliance administrator has the option of making short links, which are provided as a service by a third party or generated by the File Fabric, available as an option to tenants. To do this she must select "Allow short links" in the package editor for each package that will be assigned to tenants for whom short links should be available. | + | The appliance administrator has the option of making short links, which are provided as a service by a third party or generated by Access Anywhere, available as an option to tenants. To do this she must select "Allow short links" in the package editor for each package that will be assigned to tenants for whom short links should be available. |
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### Setting the Default Short URL Generator | ### Setting the Default Short URL Generator | ||
- | By default the short URL generator used by the File Fabric | + | By default the short URL generator used by Access Anywhere |
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#### Setting a Custom Domain for the Internal URL Shortener | #### Setting a Custom Domain for the Internal URL Shortener | ||
- | If the File Fabric's internal URL shortener has been enabled then it will by default use the File Fabric's configured domain name as the FWDN in the links that it generates. | + | If Access Anywhere's internal URL shortener has been enabled then it will by default use Access Anywhere's configured domain name as the FWDN in the links that it generates. |
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### Secure Share Links Settings | ### Secure Share Links Settings | ||
The organization Administrator can control many aspects of shared links usage from the Secure Share Links section of the File Sharing Policy tab on the Organization Policies page. | The organization Administrator can control many aspects of shared links usage from the Secure Share Links section of the File Sharing Policy tab on the Organization Policies page. | ||
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**Secure Share Links** | **Secure Share Links** | ||
Use this option to turn both creating and using shared links on and off. | Use this option to turn both creating and using shared links on and off. | ||
**Allow links to be shortened** | **Allow links to be shortened** | ||
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To make short links available the organization administrator sets "Allow links to be shortened" | To make short links available the organization administrator sets "Allow links to be shortened" | ||
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- | When this option is set to //No// then the user who is creating a link will see the sharing dialog. | + | Quick sharing is available for files (not for folders). |
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and on the Share menu accessible from the File Manager' | and on the Share menu accessible from the File Manager' | ||
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When the menu option is selected then the sharing dialog will be bypassed and a link will be generated immediately. | When the menu option is selected then the sharing dialog will be bypassed and a link will be generated immediately. | ||
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**Enforce maximum allowed downloads** | **Enforce maximum allowed downloads** | ||
- | When this option is set to //- no limit -//, users generating links have the option | + | When this option is set to //- no limit -//, the link can be used any number |
**Enforce e-mail notification on download** | **Enforce e-mail notification on download** | ||
+ | For each link that is created after this option has been set to //yes//, when the link is used its creator will receive a notification email. | ||
**Required context information** | **Required context information** | ||
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* recipient email address(es) | * recipient email address(es) | ||
* purpose of sharing the file or folder | * purpose of sharing the file or folder | ||
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### Choice of Short Links Services | ### Choice of Short Links Services | ||
- | If short links are enabled, by default | + | If short links are enabled, by default |
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- | \\ | + | ### Restricting Shared Links On Shared Team Folders |
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+ | Released in 2106.05, administrators can control whether users are able to create shared links to File or Folders for each Shared Team Folder. | ||
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