Saturday, September 14, 2013

Microsoft Boosts SharePoint Online File-Upload Capabilities

<p>Microsoft on Thursday announced file-upload improvements to its SharePoint Online service, echoing recent improvements to SkyDrive Pro.</p><p>It's also now possible to upload multiple files to SharePoint storage. Users can upload them via the upload dialog box, by the drag-and-drop method or they can use the standalone SkyDrive pro sync client, according to Microsoft's announcement.</p><p>Microsoft broadened the file types that can be stored using SharePoint Online. It's now possible to store .EXE and .DLL files in the cloud. "For SharePoint Online, our telemetry shows that customers want to store these files in the cloud along with their other content," explained Mark Kashman, a senior product manager for SharePoint marketing, in Microsoft's announcement.</p><p>The announcement claims that the .EXE and .DLL files don't get executed when uploaded to a SharePoint team site. Moreover, SharePoint has an anti-virus scanner that will check if malicious files are uploaded.</p><p><a href="http://rcpmag.com/articles/2013/09/05/sharepoint-online-file-upload-boost.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>

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