15.3. Connecting to Remote File Servers

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## 15.3. Connecting to Remote File Servers

EKM provides users with the capability to remotely connect to files and folders that are hosted on any server type (such as a file server, database, proprietary data management system, and so on) in a generic way. Currently only off-the-shelf support for file servers is provided.

When a new connection to a file or folder in a remote server is made, EKM creates a soft reference to the remote file/folder and extracts metadata from it that can be used for report generation, searching, and so on. However, before a user can create a remote file or folder connection, an EKM administrator must define the remote file server in EKM. This is done from the `Administration/Remote File Servers` folder using the New Remote File Server action. You can do this following the instructions below in Defining a New Remote File Server. There are also two remote file servers that are built in to EKM and are already defined. See Using Built-in Remote File Servers for details.

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