Acronis Access Advanced - Administrator's Guide - Manual (Page 6)

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1 Mobile Access
This section of the web interface covers all the settings and configurations affecting mobile device
users.
In this section
Concepts ..................................................................................................... 6
Policies ....................................................................................................... 8
On-boarding Mobile Devices ................................................................... 25
Managing Gateway Servers ..................................................................... 33
Managing Data Sources ........................................................................... 46
Settings ..................................................................................................... 53
1.1 Concepts
Access Mobile Clients connect directly to your server rather than utilizing a third-party service,
leaving you in control. Acronis Access server can be installed on existing file servers, allowing iPads,
iPhones and Android devices to access files located on that server. These are typically the same files
already available to PCs using Windows file sharing and Macs using ExtremeZ-IP File Server.
Clients access Acronis Access servers using their Active Directory user account. No additional
accounts need to be configured within Acronis Access. The Access Mobile Client also supports file
access using local computer accounts configured on the Windows server Acronis Access is running on,
in the event you need to give access to non-AD users. The client management features described
below require AD user accounts.
A minimal deployment consists of a single Windows server running a default installation of Acronis
Access. This default installation includes the Acronis Access Server component installed and the local
Acronis Access Gateway Server with a license installed. This scenario allows devices running the
Access Mobile Client application to connect to this single file server, and allows for client
management. If client management is not needed, Data Sources can be setup on the local Gateway
Server and the Access Mobile Clients will be able to access these Data Sources, but the users will be
in control of their app settings.
Fig 1. Single Gateway server, many Access Mobile Clients