WebDAV authoring rule permissions

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You must provide specific permissions for users to access WebDAV shared storage.

  1. In Microsoft Internet Information Services Manager (IIS), select your WebDAV folder and click Authoring Rule.

  2. Under Permissions, select the checkboxes for Read, Source, and Write, and click OK.

Authentication type

Configure the type of permitted authentication in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

  1. In Microsoft Internet Information Services Manager (IIS), select your WebDAV folder and click Authentication.

  2. From the authentication list, select Password based Authentication.

  3. In the Actions menu on the right, click Providers.

  4. Select the type of authentication and click Add.

    Note

    Select Negotiate if you want to use Kerberos authentication.

Change the file size limit on evidence uploads to WebDAV

When a WebDAV server is set up using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), the default maximum allowed content length is 28 MB. You can increase this value to allow upload of files greater than 28 MB. However, the recommended value to allow upload of files is 40 MB.

You must set a value greater than the Maximum evidence file size limit set in Policy SettingsShared Storage and Evidence. There is a maximum size limit of 250 MB for files uploaded to the Registered Document Repository.

  1. In Microsoft Internet Information Services Manager (IIS), select your WebDAV folder and click Request Filtering.

  2. In the Actions menu on the right, click Edit Feature Settings.

  3. The default value in the Maximum allowed content length (bytes) field is set to 28 MB. Type your preferred limit for evidence files upload. The limit is calculated in bytes.

The new file size limit for your WebDAV storage is set in IIS.

Add or update MIME types on WebDAV server

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is a standard that indicates the format of a file.

Default Microsoft IIS server security policies prevent the download of files that do not match the specified types. Add or update the following file extensions to the MIME type list on the Microsoft IIS server:

Extension: .*

MIME type application/octet-stream

Extension: .dat

MIME type application/octet-stream

Extension: .dlpenc

MIME type application/octet-stream

For information about how to enable Microsoft IIS server to recognize the needed MIME types, see KB96817.