Workgroup functionality under Frame 7.1

[Mairi McKissock]

Hello All,

I'm working in a large(ish) and growing team of writers, and we need to start using some kind of distributed access control.  Can anyone give me any feedback on the in-built WebDAV workgroup functionality within Frame version 7.1?
 
Our Catch-22 situation is that we don't currently have WebDAV support in our environment, and we're told that we'll need to buy a new server if we want it.  In other words, I can't test the functionality until we've already committed to using it.

So:
- Are there any issues or known problems with the workgroup management functions?
- Does it support any kind of version control, or is it purely access control?
- If you've used it, do you like it?  Why or why not?
- Is there any intrinsic reason that this has to be on a different server from other data servers (I'm assuming the requirement for a new server is an internal IT-management issue, rather than anything technical)?  What are the minimum hardware/software requirements to support this?
 
Thanks for any feedback you can provide!
 
Mairi McKissock

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