October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1760 pages
93h 25m
English
Offline Files is a feature of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate Edition operating systems that allows users to access files stored in shared folders on network file servers even when those shared folders are unavailable, such as when a network problem occurs or when a file server is offline. The Offline Files feature has been around since Windows 2000 and provides several advantages for corporate networks:
Users can continue working with files stored on network shares even when those file servers become unavailable because of network interruption or some other problem.
Users in branch offices can continue working with files stored on file servers at corporate headquarters when the WAN link between the branch ...