We are happy to announce that an iPad app for Work Folders has been released into the Apple AppStore® and is available as a free download.
Overview
Work Folders is a Windows Server feature that allows individual employees to access their files securely from inside and outside the corporate environment. This app connects to it and enables file access on an Apple iPad. Work Folders enables this while allowing the organization’s IT department to fully secure that data.
This app for iPad features an intuitive UI, selective sync, end-to-end encryption and in-app file viewing.
image 1 - file browser
Work Folders App on iOS - Features
Pin files for offline viewing.
Saves iPad storage space by fully showing all available files but locally storing and keeping in sync only the files you care about.
Files are stored encrypted at all times. On the wire and at rest on the device.
Access to the app is protected by an app passcode – keeping others out even if the iPad is left unlocked and unattended.
Allows for DIGEST and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) authentication mechanisms including multi factor authentication.
View your files right inside the app with a built-in viewer for many file types.
Open files in other apps that might be specialized to work with a certain file type.
image 2 - integrated file viewer
image 3 - settings
image 4 - some file browser features
Blogs and Links
If you’re interested in learning more about Work Folders, here are some great resources:
Nir Ben Zvi introduced Work Folders on Windows Server 2012 R2.
- Work Folders for Windows 7 SP1: Check out this post by Jian Yan on the File Cabinet blog.
- Roiy Zysman posted a great list of Work Folders resources in this blog.
- See this Q&A With Fabian Uhse, Program Manager for Work Folders in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Also, check out these posts about how to setup a Work Folders test lab, certificate management, and tips on running Work Folders on Windows Failover Clusters.
- Using Work Folders with IIS websites or the Windows Server Essentials Role (Resolving Port Conflicts)
All the goods
Introduction and Getting Started
- Introducing Work Folders on Windows Server 2012 R2
- Work Folders Overview on TechNet
- Designing a Work Folders Implementation on TechNet
- Deploying Work Folders on TechNet
- Work folders FAQ (Targeted for Work Folders end users)
- Work Folders Powershell Cmdlets
- Work Folders Test Lab Deployment
- Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 — Work Folders
Advanced Work Folders Deployment and Management
- Work Folders interoperability with other file server technologies
- Performance Considerations for Work Folders Deployments
- Windows Server 2012 R2 – Resolving Port Conflict with IIS Websites and Work Folders
- A new user attribute for Work Folders server Url
- Work Folders Certificate Management
- Monitoring Windows Server 2012 R2 Work Folders Deployments.
- Deploying Work Folders with AD FS and Web Application Proxy (WAP)
- Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Work Folders in a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure
Videos
- Windows Server Work Folders Overview: My Corporate Data on All of My Devices
- Windows Server Work Folders – a Deep Dive into the New Windows Server Data Sync Solution
- Work Folders iPad reveal – TechEd Europe 2014 (* in German)