*Update 02/28/2008 : I didn't mention this previously, but WebDAV only works for port 80
Sharepoint has built in WebDAV capabilities allowing you to connect to a document library within a site as if it were a local drive on your computer. This feature can really come in handy when you want to upload files, or get files out of a document library without having to go through the Sharepoint frontend.
Recently on a project we setup a Sharepoint site for all documentation/project files so that our team and the client could collaborate on a project. When we put new documentation up on the site we would email the client the link to the document, that way they were always looking at the most current version.
Once our engagement was done we wanted to give the client a CD with all the documentation/project files that were on the site so that we didn't have to host the site forever. Since there were hundreds of files, going to the site and saving each one wasn't an option. I also could have written a small app to loop over the site and grab the files, but frankly that would be overkill. This is where WebDAV comes in handy.
If you goto your "My Network Places"
and select "Add a network place" over on the left hand nav bar.
Select "Choose another network location"
Enter in the URL of the Sharepoint site. Once successful you should see a network place which points to the URL of the Sharepoint Site.
As you can see, you are shown all the Lists, etc. that are in that Sharepoint Site.
Once I navigate to the Document List that contains all our collaboration files, I can then copy/paste the files I want, even entire folders.
Hopefully this helps some of you out to easily grab or place files into one of your Sharepoint sites.
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