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This year, the annual M-Files Customer and Partner Conference will be held in the capital of Greece. All M-Filers worldwide are expected to attend the event in Athens, where they will have the opportunity to network with their peers and gain insight into the latest developments concerning M-Files products. I am delighted to have the opportunity to attend the event.…
Everybody is talking about AI, RAG and language models today. A lot of people are using ChatGPT or other tools to get answers to their questions, generate text or images. While this sometimes is really helpful (depending on how you use it) you still need to be skeptical about the information you get out of those tools. To understand how…
I’m not a big fan of doing a post for each new release, but I think the last one is a big step towards what M-Files will tend to be in the coming months.M-Files 25.3, was released to the cloud on March 30th, and is available for download and auto-update since April 2nd. It brings a suite of powerful updates…
In one of my previous post, I talked about the importance of Metadata, it is the skeleton of efficient document management system and particularly in M-Files! As I like to say, M-Files is like an empty shell that can be very easily customized to obtain the ideal solution for our business/customers. Unlike traditional folder-based storage, M-Files leverages metadata to classify,…
Nowadays, working in a company requires handling of huge amounts of information, and therefore efficiency is crucial!M-Files Aino, your virtual assistant integrated in M-Files, is here to support you in your daily activities. What is M-Files Aino? M-Files Aino leverages natural language processing to help users interact seamlessly with their organization’s knowledge base.It can summarize documents, translate these summaries, answer…
In today’s digital landscape, efficient Content Management is crucial for business productivity. While many organizations still rely on traditional folder-based file management. Modern solutions like M-Files offer a smarter way to store, organize, and retrieve information. The key differentiator? Metadata. In this blog post, we’ll explore the limitations of traditional file management, the advantages of metadata-driven organization, and why M-Files…
M-Files is a powerful product in itself, that enables businesses to organize, manage, and track documents efficiently.But we can even make it more powerful by extending the out of the box capabilities with Property Calculator, a really useful tool. Previously available unofficially (community tools) we can now find it in the M-Files catalog (here) and it’s free of charge!As M-Files…
Business requirements Solution A dedicated folder system is in place to manage all documentation and versions, ensuring compliance with requirements. The system incorporates a process for document approval and review, with tracking capabilities. The language of the documents is a key component of their metadata, with relevant information found on the metadata card and in the documents themselves. The language…
Problem defintion I encountered an issue with the configuration of an external connector in the M-Files Server 25.1 (January 2025). In my case, this was the M-Files Network Folder Connector. The installation of the Vault Application proceeded smoothly, as usual. I then attempted to configure the connector in the M-Files Admin Tool, but encountered a problem: the configuration tab was…
Who has never experienced repetitive tasks writing documents based on similar layout content, making sure it is compliant. Don’t you think this activity is using a lot of your precious knowledge worker time and often include small errors or typos? Let’s see how M-Files Ment solution will help you to achieve this goal assuming your environment has been properly installed…
As you might know, Documentum “deprecated” (in reality disabled completely) the different Authentication Plugins that were bundled with a Documentum Server. That means that with recent versions of Documentum, you cannot login to your LDAP-managed account anymore without having configured an OTDS and integrated it with your Documentum Server. After you installed the OTDS, and configured it to work with…
A bit more than 6 years ago (already), I wrote a series of blogs about the silent install of some standard Documentum component. It included things from the binaries, the Docbroker (Connection Broker), the Repositories (both Primary and Remote), D2 and finally xPlore (binaries, Dsearch and IndexAgent). As of today, the principle is still the same for these components. Of…
