Your SharePoint site is essentially a drive share, with a lot more features.  If you want to be able to browse the SharePoint drive like you would a shared drive on the network then go to (Start->My Network Places) and click the option on the left hand navigation pane named 'Add a network place'.  The Add Network Place Wizard will load:

1) Click Next at the initial screen

2) Select the option 'Choose another network location' and then click next.

3) Enter http://<yoursharepointsite> and click next.

4) If you are prompted to authenticate; enter your windows login information

5) Give the network place a name, i.e. 'SharePoint Site'

6) Click Next and Finish

Test it out:

1) Start a new word document

2) Go to file, save as

3) Click on the 'My Network Places' Icon

4) Double click the folder that you named in step 5 of above

5) Now you can browse the folders of the SharePoint Drive and save the file to the correct location

6) In addition, when using MS OFFICE if you have setup any additional fields that help describe a document then you will be required (if they are required fileds) to add that information here as well.

Finally

If you are prompted to authenticate each time that you open the network place then:

1) Open internet explorer (any web page will do)

2) Go to Tools->Internet Options

3) Click the Security TAB and then highlight local intranet

4) Click on Sites

5) Click on Advanced

6) Add *.<yourdomain>.com (or .net, or .biz, etc.)

7) Click Close, OK, OK

Also, you do not have to be connected to the VPN (or on your LAN) to access this resource.  If you are not on the VPN (and outside of the office) and you are being prompted to authenticate the follow the steps in the Finally section and in Step 3 highlight Trusted Sites instead of Local Intranet, complete the rest of the operation as listed.

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