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A Publication Featuring The Information Services Technology of Maine State Government
| VolumeV, Issue 2 | February 2002 |
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By Kevin Jones
How many times have you wished that you could retrieve a word document or last month’s spreadsheet but weren’t sitting at your office PC? Perhaps you’re getting ready for a big presentation first thing in the morning only to discover, after getting there, you grabbed the wrong PowerPoint presentation. Of course it’s not a problem according to the information technology wizards. All you need is a laptop with a Gillonhertzs processor, WindowsXXP2008, yesterdays Service Pack release, a PhD in Computer Science, and the patience of Job. By the time you do remotely connect to your document server you’ve forgotten what it was you wanted.
Many Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) users may not be aware that they have easy access to their documents from any computer connected to the State’s WAN, or thru IPRS, without requiring any special desktop configuration or software simply by using Internet Explorer. By going to this URL: http://inet.state.me.us/agencies/webshares.asp customers currently on DAFS’ Windows2000 server can easily retrieve any document located on their "home" directory. Of course this still requires authentication but it’s simple and convenient with the only requirement being permission to use a PC for a few minutes. (Hint: The domain field in the authentication box should be W2K.)
System Administrators interested in investigating easy Web-based access of server documents for their customer can request assistance from Customer Support Services at 624-7700. Webshares are modeled on the same standards as the State’s Web-based e-mail and continues to advance the concept of access of anything from anywhere.
Speaking of Web-based mail, for those users that have PDAs (personal handheld devices) with browser capabilities can access their Exchange mail system by going to http://web.mail.state.me.us/litemail. Admittedly this doesn’t provide the ability to read attachments but for customers with browser based PDAs, and who don’t want the hassle of setting up POP services, this makes for some very quick and simple e-mail access. Actually this works on any browser, and because no frames are used in the application, it’s a speedy method to browse messages without needing Outlook software.
Questions? E-mail Kevin Jones at kevin.jones@state.me.us.
