1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, via a computer including a processing unit, Server Message Block data through a Java SMB intermediary server from a document indexing database copy derived from a document management system index database stored within a document management system coupled to the computer, wherein the Server Message Block data comprises client data stored in a hierarchical fashion that includes a client atop of the client data hierarchy with client account types under the client, wherein included under the client account are documents, associated with the client account and account types associated with the client account, which are retrievable from a single layer of the hierarchal database; displaying the Server Message Block data within an operating system user interface of the computer in an expandable and contractible tree-view display of data that provides access to files stored in a networked environment coupled to the computer; and wherein the data provides a handle to a document stored by the document management system.