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Collaborating on documents in Workspace365: an office in the browser with no installation

How a team edits documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online in Workspace365: storage on the disk, shared access, permission separation, and data on servers in Russia.

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Infographic of collaborating on documents in Workspace365

Document collaboration breaks down not on the editor but on fragmentation: files sit on employees’ personal disks, versions diverge, and the final version has to be assembled by hand from emails and messengers.

Workspace365 handles this differently: documents, spreadsheets, and presentations are edited right in the browser, stored on the team’s shared disk on servers in Russia, and access rights are set centrally, with no office suite installed on every computer.

Collaboration

From scattered files to a shared work disk

  1. 01File on the disk
  2. 02Online editor
  3. 03Shared access
  4. 04Rights and versions
  • Editing happens right in the browser window
  • Documents are stored on a disk with data in Russia
  • Access to a file is granted precisely by roles

Why the editor runs right in the browser

In Workspace365 the online editor opens a document, spreadsheet, or presentation in the browser, with no locally installed office suite. The employee only needs to sign into the work hub, so a new person starts working on day one rather than after their workstation is set up.

This removes the typical causes of breakage: different versions of office programs, format compatibility issues, and files that open for one person and break for another. Everyone works in the same environment on a shared disk.

  • text documents
  • spreadsheets and calculations
  • presentations
  • shared access to a single file

How storage on the shared disk works

Files sit not on personal machines but on the team’s shared disk, hosted on servers in Russia. The folder structure mirrors the company structure: departments, projects, shared templates, and personal employee spaces.

This order removes the eternal question of “who has the latest version”: the current file is always in the shared folder, not in someone’s correspondence or browser downloads.

Who can change what

Collaboration without rules quickly turns into chaos, so access to folders and files is granted precisely: someone edits, someone only views, and part of the materials stays available only to a narrow group.

Rights are configured at the level of folders and individual documents, so a contractor or new employee can be given exactly the section they need for work, with the rest closed off.

What this gives the team in practice

When documents, the disk, and rights are gathered in one hub, the manual forwarding of versions and assembling the final from pieces disappear. The team works on a shared file, while the change history and backups stay under the administrator’s control.

For the business this is a clear result: fewer lost files, transparent access, and predictable data storage in a managed environment rather than on dozens of personal devices.

Quick checklist

  • Describe the folder structure by departments and projects
  • Define who edits and who only views
  • Migrate work files to the shared disk
  • Assign owners for the key folders
  • Agree that the final version is stored only on the disk

What to do next

KMVSG will set up document collaboration in Workspace365: the disk structure, online editing, and access rights tailored to your team’s processes.

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