Learn how AODocs can help you accelerate your business, break information silos and add intelligence to your content with a platform that is born in the cloud.

Automatically generated table of contents

What is AODocs?

AODocs is a content services platform. It leverages the full power of the cloud to help organizations transform enterprise documents into controlled, actionable intelligence. With AODocs, organizations can control their documents, automate their business critical processes, and meet compliance requirements.

Who can access AODocs?

Any user with a Microsoft or Google account can access AODocs. You can use a professional account (Azure Active Directory account or Google Workspace cloud collaborative suites). Or you can use a personal account (outlook.com or gmail.com).

Note: You need an AODocs Content Services licenses for Microsoft users to collaborate on your AODocs domain. Contact our sales team at sales@aodocs.com to learn more.

If your AODocs domain allows Microsoft users to sign in, you'll see a prompt to sign in with Google or Microsoft the first time you access AODocs. Learn more: Sign in to AODocs.

If you have a Google Account and are using an AODocs domain that doesn't allow Microsoft users to sign in to AODocs, you'll see a prompt to sign in with your Google Account the first time you access AODocs.

Note: To access libraries and documents you need sufficient permissions. Learn more: What are permissions in AODocs?

If your AODocs super administrator has allowlisted external users on your domain, they can access AODocs. Learn more: Access AODocs libraries as an external user.

Where is my content stored?

With AODocs, your content is stored on one of the following storage platforms:

• Google Drive – for Google Workspace customers only. Libraries can be Team Folders, Secured Folders (accessible from the Google Drive interface) or Document Management libraries. Learn more about which type of library to choose.

• Google Cloud Storage (GCS) – if this storage type is activated on your AODocs domain, you can use it for Document Management libraries only. For each library you can choose between:
  • Google Cloud Storage buckets created and managed by AODocs
  • a single bucket that you create and manage on your own Google Cloud Storage  – learn more: Use a custom bucket in Google Cloud Storage when creating a new Document Management library (for super administrators)

• Azure Blob Storage – if this storage type is activated on your AODocs domain, you can use it for Document Management libraries only. Your attached files are stored in an Azure container that you create and manage – learn more: Set up Azure Blob Storage for AODocs (for super administrators)

Note: You need AODocs Content Services licenses to activate Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob Storage on your AODocs domain. Contact our sales team at sales@aodocs.com to learn more.

Learn more about the differences between the various storage platforms for AODocs.

Which content can users access?

• Google users can access content (attached files) stored in:
  • Google Drive
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage

• Microsoft users can access content (attached files) stored in:
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage

Microsoft users can access libraries using Google Drive storage. However, they can't access the attached files unless they have linked a Google Account to their Microsoft address.

What next?

Use this section to learn more from the Knowledge Base, according to what you want to do and whether you’re a Google user or a Microsoft user. 

Learn more: AODocs: The basics.

Create libraries

Google users can find out how to choose the type of library they want to create. Then go to the First steps section which outlines the options available for creating each type of library.

Microsoft users can create only Document Management libraries, so the most useful place to start is Create a library from scratch.

Create documents

Google users can access the section about creating documents to find out about how to create documents in each type of library.

Microsoft users can find out about how to create documents in Document Management libraries.