How to Map a SharePoint Folder to a Drive Letter

A long time ago, I learned how to map a SharePoint folder to a drive letter. Apparently, SharePoint is an evolved implementation of WebDav, so it’s really quite simple:

NET USE [drive]: “[URL]“

If you have a SharePoint server, MySharePointServer.com and it has a folder ‘/MyProject/SharedResources’, then you could go to ‘http://MySharePointServer.com/MyProject/SharedResources’ and deal with the less than zippy web interface … or you could map the folder to a drive letter and access the files natively:

NET USE S: "http://MySharePointServer.com/MyProject/SharedResources"

Last bit of wisdom: Apple OS X and Linux both have WebDav clients. I haven’t tried it, but in theory, you can similarly access SharePoint folders in either OS. For once, Microsoft has developed a solution that plays nice with others.

Cheers,
Chris

For the less textically inclined, you can also right click on ‘My Computer’ -> Map Network Drive and perform a similar action. Similar GUI methods exist in OS X and Linux.