After migrating data from the file shares to SharePoint we are facing handling issues with files in Non-MS-Office formats, which are not supported by SharePoint, e.g.:
- MS Access database files
- Data Flow Diagrams in Flowcharter format
- Etc.
Handling when data is stored in SharePoint:
- The user can’t open the file directly from the file share in the according application
- Instead, the user has to download or check out the file from SharePoint to his local machine
- The user than can open the file from his local machine
- Even if the application itself supports multi user changes (e.g. MS Access), only one user can edit the file, since it’s on his local machine
- After closing the according application, which was used to edit the file, the changes are stored only on the local machine of the user
- The user has to upload or check-in the file from his local machine to the SharePoint again to make it available for other users
Is there a solution to enable previewing the non-supported files using it's relevant application?
