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 Provide outside access in a workgroup
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We are a medical facility, under HIPAA regulations, that has a need to securely provide access to resources internally on our workgroup network to users outside the network. How could we share a file/folder so that people internally can use the file/folder but also allow outside users to the same resource for daily work? Please advice.

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ASKED: September 28, 2011  5:56 PM
UPDATED: March 31, 2012  1:03 AM
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My wife has a similar requirement (also under HIPAA), and Sharefile.com was a good solution. With audit trails, it is easy to find out who accessed files and when, even receiving alerts for file uploads and downloads. They offer a Sync feature that could help you manage the external aspect.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  September 28, 2011  9:01 pm  by  Rd1   90 pts.
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As you grow you’ll probably want to bring that sort of stuff in house. At which point something like SharePoint becomes a good option.

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