This section offers a brief description of M-Files servers.
It is recommended to use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths (such as \\ServerName\) with network drives, because letters assigned to these drives may not necessarily be visible to the M-Files server; in Windows, drive letter assignments are frequently user-specific. A network drive may contain an external database for a value list, among other things. Also refer to Value Lists.
Note that, in a network, the M-Files server uses by default the identity of the computer running the M-Files server software (DOMAIN\COMPUTER$). Backup to a network drive, for example, is possible as long as the DOMAIN\COMPUTER$ Windows user, representing the server, has write permissions to this drive. In certain functions, it is possible to enter the logins that the function is to use during the procedure.