Microsoft’s recent Small Business Server and Server Essentials products set up an online portal that provides access to the shared files on the office server, where they can be downloaded so you can work on them, then uploaded back to the server.Brave people might try setting up VPN access to the server, which is notoriously clumsy and hard for normal people to figure out.Traditionally it requires remote access to an onsite computer using LogMeIn or Remote Desktop.We’ve become accustomed to accessing our mailboxes on all of our devices from any location, but accessing shared company files is harder. It might be called “Company” or “Share files” or the “M:” drive or the “P:” drive, or maybe your office has a few different shared folders, but the idea is the same: the server is the default location for every work file. Most small businesses and law firms have a folder on the server in the closet that is used for all shared files. In the next article, I might have an answer.

Let’s get some background, using OneDrive for Business as an example of a service that looks like it ought to be the right answer – but isn’t. Until recently, I haven’t had an answer about how to accomplish that because none of the familiar solutions were quite right. Small businesses and law firms are ready to move their documents to the cloud.

Onedrive is an example of