Files.com's integration with Dropbox allows you to integrate with Dropbox in several different ways.

Files.com's Remote Server Mount feature gives you the ability connect a specific folder on Files.com to the remote server in a real time manner.

That folder then becomes a client, or window, accessing the files stored in your remote server or cloud.

Once you configure a Mount, any operation you perform on or inside that folder will act directly on the remote in real time. Whether you are dropping a file into that folder, deleting a file, creating a subfolder, or performing any other file/folder operations your Files.com user has permissions for, those operations will "pass through" to the remote in real time.

This powerful feature enables a wide variety of use cases such as accessing files on a counterparty (client or vendor)'s cloud without provisioning individual access to individual users, reducing storage costs by leveraging on-premise or bulk storage solutions, enabling applications to access 3rd party clouds via Files.com API, FTP, SFTP, or Files.com Apps and many more.

Alternatively, Files.com's Remote Server Sync feature give you the ability to push or pull files to or from remote servers. This means that the files will exist in both places at the end of the sync process.

A remote sync can be a "push", where files from your Files.com site are transferred to the remote server, a "pull" where files are transferred from the remote server to your Files.com site, or a two-way "sync" where files that are new or changed in either location are pushed and pulled to maintain a synchronized state between the folder on your Files.com site and that on the remote server.

Add Dropbox as a Remote Server

When adding Dropbox, you'll be redirected to the Dropbox login page to authenticate and connect Files.com with Dropbox.

If you are already logged into Dropbox then you will bypass the Dropbox login page.

Once your Remote Server is added, now you need to integrate it to Files.com as either a Remote Server Mount or Remote Server Sync.

Dropbox Teams

If you are using Dropbox Team folders, select the corresponding Dropbox Teams option.

To connect as your personal Dropbox account, select the Dropbox Personal/Teams: Connect as my personal user option.

To connect as the administrator of a Dropbox Business account, which will allow your Dropbox Team folders to be available, select the Dropbox Business Teams: Connect to the root level of the team and expose all team folders option.

Remote Server Mount

Remote Server Mounts are created by mounting them onto an empty folder in Files.com. This folder should ideally not be the Root of your site, although that is supported if you need it.

Remote Server Sync

After creating the Dropbox Remote Server, you can use it to perform Remote Syncs between Dropbox and Files.com.