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Version: 7.2

contentACCESS components

contentACCESS has the following components that can be installed by the contentACCESS setup package directly:

  • the contentACCESS server
  • contentACCESS Central Administration – the contentACCESS configuration interface available for system administrators and tenant administrators
  • contentACCESS Portal – the archive user interface also for the end users
  • Backup Administration for Microsoft 365 – backup configuration interface available for system and tenant administrators
  • Preview service – allows the user to open the files' preview in the Portal (in addition to being able to download them)
  • Central login page – used to log in to the respective application with forms provider or third-part authentication providers
  • contentACCESS Web services (Proxy) – to ensure secure connection for the end user and enable email shortcut retrieve
  • Virtual drive – a drive that’s used to display the contents of the File system archive; the drive is also mandatory to retrieve the archived files from shortcuts
  • Search service (legacy) – allows the user to search in selected entities/folders using Elasticsearch 5.x. This component is included in the package only in case of an update from a previous (<6.0) contentACCESS version
  • Search service (V2) – allows the user to search in selected entities/folders using Elasticsearch 8.x
  • SMTP server – a server used to process emails
  • SharePoint shortcut handler – allows you to configure SharePoint shortcut handler to use modern shortcuts in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams archive