Specify a server for comments

You must specify a server location to store all the comments that are submitted during a shared review or a browser-based review. This server location is referred to as the comment server (also called a comments repository). Reviewers must have read and write access to the comment server you specify. Ask your network administrator to provide a suitable server location for storing comments. No additional software is required to set up a comment server.

For a shared review, you can specify a network folder, a WebDAV server, or a Windows server running Microsoft SharePoint Services. If all reviewers are within a local area network, network folders and SharePoint servers are the best choices for a comment server—network folders being the cheapest and most reliable. To initiate a review on a SharePoint server, the initiator must use Windows; however, reviewers can use either Windows or Mac OS. All participants must have read and write access to the Document Library folder within the specified workspace. WebDAV servers (web servers that use the WebDAV protocol) are best used only if you have reviewers that are outside of a firewall or local area network.

For a browser-based review, you can specify either a network folder or a WebDAV server. If you use a network folder, comments may not be viewable to reviewers on both platforms. Even if all reviewers use the same platform, they may not see comments if they access the server location as a mapped drive instead of by its full file path. If you use a WebDAV server, make sure that all reviewers have unique log-in names that aren’t differentiated solely by case.