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I have some Windows 7 Pro laptops that I have enabled EFS for folder encryption.<br />
I also use OneDrive for business to sync my files to the cloud.<br />
I have found that the syncing does not work for the EFS folders, is this by design?<br />
So now I don't get any of the folders that have EFS enables sunk to the cloud either encrypted or not encrypted which seems odd. &nbsp;It just does not sync.
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I have some Windows 7 Pro laptops that I have enabled EFS for folder encryption.
I also use OneDrive for business to sync my files to the cloud.
I have found that the syncing does not work for the EFS folders, is this by design?
So now I don't get any of the folders that have EFS enables sunk to the cloud either encrypted or not encrypted which seems odd.  It just does not sync.

EFS and One Drive for Business

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