For educational institutions:

HTTP Commander is used by educational organizations for providing a remote access for students and teachers to private or their own folders. Version with Windows authentication is more often used because users have already been created in Active Directory. The version can be easily and fast installed as there is no need to create users, modify existing NTFS permissions and shares.h Right after installation the application is ready to be used and by default all users of a domain have an access to a private folder. The access to other folders can be easily set up. The application has the most popular and necessary for educational organizations features because they have been using it since 2002.

Some special features for educational organizations:

• Integration with Active Directory and Novell eDirectory users.
• Windows Basic or NTLM authentication is used: there is no any extra database of users.
• Can be integrated with existing SharePoint portal or Outlook web access (OWA)
• The application supports different operating systems: PC, Linux, Mac and mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers).
• Viewing and editing Office documents online using only browser.
• Editing documents using desktop MS office or Openoffice.org directly on a server (a user has no need to download or upload a file).
• Mailing with attachments for particular users or groups.
• User password changing and reminding about its expiration date.
• Mapping folders to local Windows OS (WebDav)
• Integration with Microsoft SkyDrive (sharing files and online editing of office documents).
• Integration with DropBox (popular free file sharing service).
• Integration with Google Doc and Zoho (sharing and online editing of office documents, pdf, and images).
• Possibility for users to share folder/files on their own for third party anonymous access (viewing, upload, and download).