Using SOTI Hub

SOTI Hub is a secure repository that allows organizations to control how employees access and share enterprise content outside of the corporate network. Once you install the SOTI Hub app on your devices, your device users can access content from a content repository (a WebDAV or SharePoint 2013 (On-Premises) server) whose connection was enabled in SOTI MobiControl.

SOTI Hub is compatible with devices running Android 4.1 or later and Apple devices running iOS 8 or later.

Features

SOTI Hub has the following capabilities:

LDAP Authentication

You can employ the LDAP credentials already on your content repository as your authentication method for the SOTI Hub app. You must have enrolled your devices using LDAP.

Mandatory Folders and Files

You can mark certain folders or files in your content repository as "mandatory". These folders and files are downloaded to the SOTI Hub app on your devices. Device users cannot remove these files or folders from the app and changes to the content repository are automatically reflected when the SOTI Hub app next connects to the content repository.

See Using Mandatory Files for more information.

Download Resumption

The download resumption feature continues interrupted downloads from the point of disconnect when the network comes back online. The device user has three opportunities to complete the download before the download must be completely restarted.

Download resumption is triggered only when the download was interrupted by a network connectivity problem. If the SOTI Hub app closes or the device user logs out of the app, all in-progress downloads are cancelled.

Note: This features is only compatible with WebDAV content repositories because it requires the SOTI apps Server extension.

Search on Server

Search on server allows device users to search all the content available on the repository from their device. Intermittent search expedites the process by returning search results as they are found rather than when the full search is complete.

Note: The SOTI apps Server extension is required for intermittent search.

Offline Functionality

The SOTI Hub app retains some limited functionality when a device has no network connection or the content repository is offline. Disconnected device users are still able to view any downloaded or cached files and folders. Depending on your SOTI app configuration settings, device users can log into the app if their password matches the cached value of the field.