Sharepoint 365 Sync to server & Map Drive
Hi All
We have a client that uses Office 365 SharePoint heavlily and each user syncs teh data with their local PC. He has a large amount of data (400GB) whihc is filling up local HDD space when the PC is used by multiple users.
The users are reluctent to use the "free up space" option in Windows 10.
Rather than have the data synching multiple times on multiple PC's & user profiles, is there any way to sync the 365 Sharepoint onto a server and then map the drive to the users?
This would allows all users to work locally on the data, which would then only need to sync to one place. Also this would allow the data to be backed up locally.
We have a client that uses Office 365 SharePoint heavlily and each user syncs teh data with their local PC. He has a large amount of data (400GB) whihc is filling up local HDD space when the PC is used by multiple users.
The users are reluctent to use the "free up space" option in Windows 10.
Rather than have the data synching multiple times on multiple PC's & user profiles, is there any way to sync the 365 Sharepoint onto a server and then map the drive to the users?
This would allows all users to work locally on the data, which would then only need to sync to one place. Also this would allow the data to be backed up locally.
Alex
Putting it bluntly, not really the users decision, you can either powershell it or i'm pretty sure you can set a GPO for this.
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It might not be, but the company owner is the same.
So, teh question still stands.
Can we sync SharePoint 365 to the server and map the drive to the users?
So, teh question still stands.
Can we sync SharePoint 365 to the server and map the drive to the users?
No is the short answer, you can map a network drive directly to the sharepoint server though
https://collab365.community/map-a-sharepoint-document-library-as-a-network-drive/
Set it in group policy preferences.
https://collab365.community/map-a-sharepoint-document-library-as-a-network-drive/
Set it in group policy preferences.
WebDAV/Mapped drives is a decades old technology, using it is not recommended and can impact the overall experience when working with files stored in SPO. Instead, I would recommend using the Files on demand feature, which is pretty much designed for such scenarios: https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/save-disk-space-with-onedrive-files-on-demand-for-windows-10-0e6860d3-d9f3-4971-b321-7092438fb38e
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