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Sharepoint - link to a file server folder
1) Is there a way in the current version of Sharepoint online to reference/point to/link to a network file server folder. So for example a user of a company accesses the company Sharepoint site and on that site there is a button/link that if they click on will lead them to a folder on a company server. For instance on the company file server there is a folder with pictures and videos. When a company user logs into the company Sharepoint site they click on something and then the pictures and videos on the file server folder are visible to them?
2) If this can't be done directly with modern Sharepoint Online could it be done with a hybrid Sharepoint- on-premises and online versions - in some way so there would be an on-premises Sharepoint that would have this capability and somehow the users could access those pictures on the company file server through that combination?
3) Worst case would it be possible to do this with on-premises only - so we would have two completely different Sharepoint sites - one built with on-premises Sharepoint and one with Sharepoint online and with the on-premises Sharepoint we could be able to accomplish what we want - a way for a company user to access a folder on a network file server that has pictures/videos on it that they can view.
For historical, political reasons the folder in question can not be moved from its current file server location into Sharepoint - there is no point in pursuing that path even if it's technically feasible or not, it is not an option.
Thanks for any input you can provide.
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- Take a look at Microsoft Search Capabilities here. You could build a vertical to search information in the File Share and have it available in the general Microsoft 365 search as well as in the SharePoint search. Setting up that vertical implies you will have to set up the file server search connector: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/fileshare-connector
