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Sharepoint as cloud storage for a system
gteibo1 Nope. If accessing the files via the UX or via an API, all users would require a license. You may want to look into Azure Storage for your implementation.
gteibo1 we are planning to do the exact same thing. Have you find any more answer to your question? I plan to have only one "system" user (with a licence) that accesses the Sharepoint Online via the API. Then, my 200 users won't need any licence.
BUT, in the case I'd want my user to access Online Sharepoint interface or sync documents on their local computer, I assume I will
- Create programmatically a MS account to allow them to sync the shared folder
- Use their MS account (assuming they already have a O365 account via their own organization)
What do you think of that?
I'm considering to use Amazon S3. I realized that our users maybe will grow up to 1000, and we dont want to maintain all of those Sharepoint Licences.
If you use only one licence, you probably cant use version control, neither word online or colaboration between users in the same document.
