WebDAV

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About our WebDAV implementation

Supported document types: Word, Excel, Powerpoint.

The implementation does not require SSL to be enabled on the server, but it is recommended.


Sometimes the action of saving a file, that was opened using WebDAV will fail, but only the fist time, if it happens at all.

To fix this, you just have to save the document again, and the issue will be gone for you, until you re-signin.

How to enable

Toggle the policy webdavSupport and webdavSessionTokens to true.

WebDAV enabled on a files-field

When WebDAV is enabled, the files-field, will add tiny pencils next to the supported file-types.

Clicking on the file icon will prompt the file to be opened in the associated application. Clicking on the filename, will prompt a download of the file.


You can control how long the auth-tokens are valid for, using policy webdavSessionLifetime.

You can control whether a token should automatically be re-validated if it times out using policy webdavSessionTokensRevalidate.

Enabling basic auth to your server

Office has stopped officially supporting Basic-auth, which is the backup authentication for our implementation.

To allow Office to connect to your server, and authenticate using Basic-auth, execute the following command, as admin, from the commandline.

REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v basichostallowlist /d "HOSTNAME"

Where HOSTNAME is the domain of your server, eg. wiki.tsnocode.com.