I am trying to set up a shared document environment on our companies internal SharePoint site that feeds the documents from a network share on a seperate master server to six document libraries. We really like the checkin/checkout feature that SharePoint document libraries provide. I have six document libraries and I want them to pull from six folders on the seperate network share thats on a different server.
Is this possible? Any help or advice is appreciated.
You have to load them into SharePoint or use a third party or custom solution to integrate them.
Examples are AvePoints file Share Navigator http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-file-share-navigator/
Bamboo File Share http://store.bamboosolutions.com/sharepoint-file-share-library.aspx
Is there a reason you can't host them in SharePoint? You get much more than check in / check out, you also benefit from added metadata and search, version control, and much more (granted you can search file shares, the experience is better with SharePoint controlled content).
Also, remember that SharePoint libraries can be mapped like File Shares, so users can keep a similar experience, in addition you can surface documents thru outlook for offline use (or better a tool like Harmon.IE).
