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I have my files stored in Azure File System and here are the requirements -

  1. User should be able to view the documents without downloading it to the local
    • This is working fine for pdf but not any other mime types
    • I tried setting Content-Type,Content-Disposition (in azure file properties but no luck) and also iframe.
  2. User should be able to edit the doc online without downloading.
    • I don't think this is possible just with Azure and have to integrate with One Drive may be? Correct me if I am wrong?

I would really appreciate any inputs/thoughts.

Cameron
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Not sure if this is a viable option but using Storage Accounts in Azure, you can map these accounts as a network drives to any client machine. So they would be able to access these files via File Explorer.

This link covers the basic steps in setting it up.

Unfortunately for anyone who wishes to use this feature, they need to be on Windows 8 (or above) to be able to map a network drive successfully as it uses SMB3.

If this option is a no go I will delete the post.

kevchadders
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  • Thanks Kevchadders! Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that the users are on Windows 8. So I dont think we can go in that route . – Nimz Jun 02 '17 at 15:35
  • To confirm, its windows 8 and above, but appreciate there will be a lot of users on windows 7 and below still. Users on those lower versions can user Storage Explorer which is a free offering (http://storageexplorer.com/) from Microsoft and view those files via that method but its adding another level of access which isn't ideal – kevchadders Jun 02 '17 at 15:45
  • Yeah! checking if AWS has the feature to edit/view files online. – Nimz Jun 02 '17 at 15:51
  • @Nimz, did you get anywhere with editing in the browser? We have a similar requirement. I see Edge now allows adding comments / highlighting when opening a PDF blob (application/pdf content type), but even when the SAS gives RW access, it forces a download when saving. – Michael Jul 20 '18 at 09:59