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Deploying common files to users in Office 365
We are using Office 365 for Mid-Size Business and would like to deploy a range of common files, such as word templates, company logos to our users. They need to end up in a specified location on the users PC.
The ideal being that whenever the files change they can be deployed automatically by a administrator to a specified location on each persons PC.
I have tried SkyDrive Pro, linked to a SharePoint Document Folder, but I am not sure if it has been designed for this kind of task and it does seem restrictive in whereabouts is places files and in many instances likes to find the file 'in the cloud' instead of on the local machine.
Is this the recommended way of deploying files with Office 365 and if so I would appreciate any advice as to how to set it up.
Many thanks
The ideal being that whenever the files change they can be deployed automatically by a administrator to a specified location on each persons PC.
I have tried SkyDrive Pro, linked to a SharePoint Document Folder, but I am not sure if it has been designed for this kind of task and it does seem restrictive in whereabouts is places files and in many instances likes to find the file 'in the cloud' instead of on the local machine.
Is this the recommended way of deploying files with Office 365 and if so I would appreciate any advice as to how to set it up.
Many thanks
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thanks for the response.
Our people are in several geographic locations and often work off-line. We have recently moved away from a very old MS SBS 2003 system to Office 365. Using the old MS SB 2003 system maybe an option, but we are planning on decommissioning this soon and have not yet decided on a replacement system.
I was hoping to be able to leverage some aspect of the Office 365 service to do this. I was hoping that managing and deploying the Office templates etc required to make Office 365 work was catered for in the Office 365 service.
Cheers
Our people are in several geographic locations and often work off-line. We have recently moved away from a very old MS SBS 2003 system to Office 365. Using the old MS SB 2003 system maybe an option, but we are planning on decommissioning this soon and have not yet decided on a replacement system.
I was hoping to be able to leverage some aspect of the Office 365 service to do this. I was hoping that managing and deploying the Office templates etc required to make Office 365 work was catered for in the Office 365 service.
Cheers
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I would look at Intune for this - it is cloud based computer management, but carries a separate cost. That is the cloud equivalent of some (not all) of the things you had in SBS 2003.
Skydrive Pro/SharePoint Online is indeed very restrictive with this, you don't have any automated way to import files directly into libraries/personal storage. There are some third party products, but they cost a lot.