Opens Files In Browser By Default If Apps Aren't Installed

Where end users do not have Microsoft Office installed (i.e. those that are not licenced for Microsoft Office desktop applications as they have the lower cost Microsoft 365 F1 or F3 frontline worker licence assigned) and those without AutoCAD® installed, Zee Drive will default to opening Office documents (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and AutoCAD® drawings (DWG files) in the web browser by default.

Users can browse for Office files conveniently from Zee Drive mapped network drives in Windows File Explorer whilst still benefitting from a full document editing experience from Microsoft Office online.

Where Zee Drive has configured the documents to open in the browser by default, the file icons will show as blue.

Double click from File Explorer to open a document in the browser:

Users in an engineering environment but without AutoCAD® installed can view AutoCAD® DWG files from their browser by opening the DWG file from File Explorer.

Zee Drive will only open Office documents and AutoCAD® drawings in the browser by default where there isn't already a default application associated with the file types.