Protocols provide developers with another possible avenue for building their own applications and extensions. For example, if you are building a client application to connect with multiple repositories from multiple vendors, including SkyVault, then CMIS is a consideration. If you are building a client to connect via the SharePoint Protocol, then use the SkyVault Office Services (AOS). Protocols provide a resource for developers, in addition to the numerous other extension points and APIs built into SkyVault.
When any of these protocols are used to access or upload content to the SkyVault repository, access control is always enforced based on configured permissions, regardless of what protocol that is used.
The following table list some of the main protocols supported by SkyVault and links to more detailed documentation.
| Protocol | Description | Support Status |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP | The main protocol used to access SkyVault content repository via for example the SkyVault REST APIs. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| WebDAV | Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of HTTP extensions that lets you manage files collaboratively on web servers. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol - standard network protocol for file upload, download and manipulation. Useful for bulk uploads and downloads. | Standard in Enterprise and Community. |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System - allows the projection of SkyVault as a native shared drive. Any client that can read or write to file drives can read and write to SkyVault, allowing the commonly used shared file drive to be replaced with an ECM system, without users knowing. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| SPP | Enables SkyVault to act as a Microsoft SharePoint Server. Allows Microsoft Office users to access documents within the SkyVault repository. | Supported as part of SkyVault Office Services (AOS). Enterprise only. Community versions have support for the older SharePoint Protocol Support. |
| SkyVault Office Services | SkyVault Office Services (AOS) allow you to access SkyVault directly from all your Microsoft Office applications. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| CMIS | SkyVault fully implements both the CMIS 1.0 and 1.1 standards to allow your application to manage content and metadata in an on-premise SkyVault repository or SkyVault in the cloud. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol - allows access to email on a remote server. SkyVault can present itself as an email server, allowing clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail and other email clients to access the content repository, and manipulate folders and files contained there. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |
| SMTP | It is possible to email content into the repository (InboundSMTP). A folder can be dedicated as an email target. | Standard in SkyVault 2.0 and Community Edition. |