To check eligibility on existing devices, data volume, and item counts as you decide on a rollout plan, and to later monitor progress of the rollout, use the Known Folder Move PowerShell script.įor information on issues that can prevent folders from being moved, see Fix problems with folder protection. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest available build before you deploy. Prepare to move known folders on existing devices For info about the end-user experience, see Protect your files by saving them to OneDrive. Small or medium businesses may also find this useful, but keep in mind you'll need some experience configuring policies. See all our recommendations for configuring the sync app. Saving files to OneDrive backs up your users' data in the cloud and gives them access to their files from any device.įor these reasons, we recommend moving (redirecting) known folders to OneDrive if you're an enterprise or large organization. They don't have to change their daily work habits to save files to OneDrive.

Your users can continue using the folders they're familiar with. There are two primary advantages of moving or redirecting Windows known folders (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Screenshots, and Camera Roll) to Microsoft OneDrive for the users in your domain: If I do, I will post the results here.This article is for IT admins managing the OneDrive sync app.

I enjoyed Karen's response and will research that until I come up with a way to accomplish this. Want those that use the app to have direct access to the onedrive folder? But what if he is not the only one using his app? What if he doesn't

It seems to me that there are more responses to this thread that seem to find ways NOT to do what is proposed by suggesting that there is a way around it by using the local sync'd folder. I want to download or Access that file using VB.NET 2012.

'I have one file (Plain text File) in Microsoft OneDrive Public Folder, The question in the beginning of this thread was: I want my app to login to onedrive and copy files. I want my app to be able to used by other people who may not have access to the onedrive folderĭirectly, so they wont have a local drive or folder that syncs with onedrive. I am a novice, okay very novice, programmer who writes in VB. I too am working on a project that moves files from the end users local system to a onedrive folder.

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