A new set of security and management features for Dropbox Business have been launched under the brand name AdminX. The first set will of provide IT with tools to provide teams with opportunities for large-scale cooperation and will be followed in the future by extended capabilities.

Dropbox Product Manager Marcio von Muhlen wrote on a company blog post “AdminX is all about empowering IT—to be champions for users, and to help them maintain security, control, and visibility—for collaboration at scale. We’re excited to introduce the first wave of AdminX tools today.

This includes a new team folder that centralises file collaboration and provides:

• Control collaboration with granular permissions: Enhanced sharing controls let admins manage membership at the team folder or sub-folder level—and grant people inside and outside the company access to only the specific folders they need.
• Centralised content management: With the team folder manager, admins can view all their team folders from a single tab. This makes it easy to customize sharing policies to prevent mis-sharing of confidential materials.
• Manage sync settings at scale: Sync management lets admins control what content automatically syncs to company computers, simplifying onboarding and saving precious hard drive space.

The team folder is rolling out gradually.Admins can request the team folder feature now through the Dropbox early access program.

AdminX promises to extend security with file event logging. With more events - including file additions, edits, and deletions - the audit log now provides admins with further detail on end users’ file-level actions.

Company-managed groups, which offer more control over team organization, are also now available to all Dropbox Business admins.

New capabilities coming soon will let admins set limits on the number of devices that can be synced, helping prevent unauthorized access. These lightweight controls will complement advanced EMM offerings from Dropbox partners.

Dropbox is promoting an upcoming webinar on the new features to register visit HERE