Screen for adding a passcode PIN entry in the Work Folders iPad app After five bad attempts, the app requires the user to set up the app again.

If the user forgets this PIN, the app will only allow five bad attempts. This is a completely separate passcode from the iPad or any other installed apps and can (and probably should) be unique. The passcode is required regardless of the Device Policy you’ve set for the Sync Share.

Work Folders iPad app email address entry screenĪlternatively, if you haven’t configured a DNS entry or if you prefer to use a different naming convention and you’ve shared a Work Folders URL with your users, a user can tap “Enter a Work Folders URL instead” to manually enter the address of the Work Folders server.Īfter the server URL is determined, the user has to enter sign-in information and tap “Sign in.” I noticed during my testing that, in a single-domain configuration, the username field didn’t need to include domain information even though the entry box implies that you need it your mileage may vary depending on the complexity of your Active Directory environment.Īfter signing in, the user is prompted to add a passcode or PIN for accessing files. If you read my series on setting up Work Folders, you may remember that Work Folders uses the domain portion of the email address after the sign and adds “workfolders” in front of it. When the user runs the app for the first time, he or she can enter an email address to configure the app. You can also just follow these steps from the beginning to download other Office Apps.Setting up Work Folders on the iPad is pretty much the same as setting it up on Windows. This will bring you to other Office Apps you can download as you did the first one. With the first app you downloaded now open, you can select Office 365’s “box of squares” on the lower left.

When prompted, select Sign In and enter your Linfield email address.

You will see 4 informational screens before the login page appears. Wait for this to finish and then click Open.

You will see a circle with a square being outlined.

You will be prompted to Sign In with an existing Apple ID or have the option to Create a New Apple ID.

Note: Outlook is not available from Office 365 as we have our own internal Exchange mail server.

Select “Get the app” underneath one of the programs you wish to install.

Scroll down to the section that says “Get other Office apps for your iPad”.

Access and login with your CatNet credentials.

Make sure you have created an Apple ID as it will be needed for the installation.

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