Windows Compatibility

Windows Compatibility

One of the major goals of BridgeSTOR is to bring the capability of Windows cloud file sharing to the global cloud environment allowing worldwide corporations to use Cloud Storage with Windows File sharing without any major changes to the current corporate environment. Most IT environments require Microsoft Windows and Active Directory. The Coronado NAS Gateway joins Active Directory in the same manner Windows workstations join Active Directory. This allows Windows applications that map to BridgeSTOR products to share files in the cloud in the same way users share Windows Servers files. Simply map a drive letter to the Coronado NAS Gateway and use Windows Explorer files to drag and drop files to and from the cloud. All Windows ACL’s are sent in a proprietary format to the cloud and are stored with the file data. This allows the ACL’s to be viewed globally allowing for a true secure global file system.

Using the Coronado Cloud Gateway, users may easily map a local drive letter to the Windows Desktop. Nothing is different than mapping a workstation to a Windows Server. Users may even use their Active Directory credentials to login to the Cloud environment.

All BridgeSTOR products allow the administrator to join their current Active Directory environment. Once joined, all users that login may use their Active Directory Credentials. All files they transfer into the cloud will carry their ACL credentials. Users that do not have the proper credentials will not have access to the files.

As long as the BridgeSTOR products communicate to an Active Directory server, it can follow the ACL’s for that user. That means a file could be entered in one part of the enterprise and only be seen by other users in the enterprise that have the same credentials. This allows Windows to scale beyond the local LAN environment.