Allow syncing of team files with OneDrive Sync Client
I have an Office 365 Group Created and syncing with OneDrive Sync Client. I added team features to the group. When I create a new channel in my team, a new folder is created in the group files. However, this folder is locked (and shows lock in the sync icon) so I don't have permission to work with any synced files.
Ben Stegink
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This item is still in the queue. I’m still awaiting more feedback and hope to have more details to share soon.
-Warren
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Ruben Gonzalez
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This would make it really usefull for us, because all of our require offline access to the files, and going through Sharepoint is to cumbersome.
Also, there are some other requests similar to this one, so this is quite requested, like this one: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18673255-add-sync-button -
Jazzy-J
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Creating a local sync copy in OneDrive seems very complicated, and I have to go via SharePoint which feels like introducing a third party to the process.
I would like to be able to click a Sync button in teams, and then be asked where in OneDrive I want to store a copy of the files (not just dumped in at top level where each new directory will just start to clutter up my OneDrive folder system).
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Daniel Lapp
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Could be awesome if you could initate the sync with OneDrive Business directly from Teams otherwise you have to do it from SharePoint.
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George Hanus
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Hi I am following up on this feature. It is demonstrated in the Team Flipbook which embeds a YouTube video Ignite demo. See at the 20:59 min mark, https://youtu.be/v1d80KUlXFs?t=1259
This was created last October 2018, its not May 2019. Is there any update on these features being rolled out?
I am introducing this to companies who are transferring many folder sets over to their SharePoint, the present syncing routine s ok for a few, but when you have a LOT of projects / Teams to deploy, doing it right within Teams just makes sense rather than connecting to SharePoint for each Team, then syncing. A few extra steps times a LOT, for every employee is costly. It seems its one of the few things that are left out that would tie this together nicely.
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Anonymous
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Yes, the 'synchronize locally' option needs to be right in the files view in teams and Teams should be smart enough that, through its interface, I can click on the file in Teams and it will open the local version and then do all necessary synchronizing in the background. The end user shouldn't have to know anything about OneDrive, SharePoint, etc. to make this all happen withing Teams. OneDrive and SharePoint can be the tools used to do it, behind the scenes, but the end user experience needs to be within Teams.
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Anonymous
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It's possible from SharePoint. I think a better view similar to SharePoint is coming to Teams soon.
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Marc
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Currently, if a user wants to synchronize files locally from a team with OneDrive client, we have to :
1. Open the desired file library in Teams,
2. Click "Open in SharePoint"
3. Login in the browser
4. Click "Synchronize"We would like to have that "Synchronize" link in TEAMS and not have to go to SharePoint. This would simplify the instructions to users … In my organisation, they all work directly in Teams which is not ideal !
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Anonymous
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How do I remove the synced folder in C drive. It is just taking too much space and would like to remove them. When I click delete it says the file is in use and not able to delete. I still want all the files to be accessible in TEAMS sharepoint site. Just want to remove them from my C disk. Thanks for any pointers
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Jeff Coleman
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Created team from a group: Opened "files" "in sharepoint" online and synced it locally. I tried dropping files in; they all created sync conflicts. I removed them, then later looked online and the files were in Teams and Sharepoint online, the local directory was empty. An hour later the "general" folder showed up in Group site. Locally it was empty, online it showed the files I'd dropped in earlier.
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Dylan Castanhinha
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This is a must have feature. Something that should have been included from the beginning.
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Anonymous
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Must have feature - makes inplementing o365 way easier to organizations that have zero Sharepoint experience. Than the users just have to learn onedrive and Teams.
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SjoerdV
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Wow, this has been 'under review' a long time ... Please make the OD4B sync client just work as it should with Teams. Or make Teams just play by the rules and use SharePoint as it was designed ;-)
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GoLo
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Like in the SharePoint web page, I'd like to see a simple 'Sync' button in the row that already includes New, Upload, Get Link, Open in SharePoint, Add cloud storage.
If it were really polished, there would be a pop up for users on their first visit to the Files tab offering this (and maybe a link to install the modern ODB client?).
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Julian Knight
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The SharePoint sync via the "new" ODfB client seems as flaky as the old client. Caused us lots of problems with a Groups site including significant data loss. It got so bad that we had to stop using the Group site altogether and switched instead to a standard SharePoint site which seems to have fewer problems though sync is still unreliable except for ODfB itself.
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JR
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Can there be a dedicated Sync to OneDrive button. A Sync to Local may also be useful for some.
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Nils
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I'm not sure if this is a coincidence- but this workaround stopped working less than 48h after posting here! The files don't synchronize any longer and when I try to synchronize the library again I get the error message that the OneDrive for Business app is outdated and can't sync any longer. If this is indeed a "fix" from a programmer I'd be very disappointed in the MS Teams team.
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Nils
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I did find a way to sync the documents to Windows that works without the restrictions mentioned above:
1. Open the desired file library in Teams, click "open in SharePoint"
2. Copy the URL to the SharePoint library (don't click "synchronize")
3. right click on OneDrive for Business - "Synchronize new library"
4. enter URL to the library
5. This should create a SharePoint link in Windows Explorer that works -
Nils
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This is a must-have functionality; many of my colleagues are only slowly getting used to using Teams and are rather fond of the folders on their desktop. Being able to sync files not only via the UI of Teams but also the "classic" way would help quite a bit in driving user adoption.
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Jason Mayde
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Ive seen a work around with this on a PC by visiting the Sharepoint site and clicking the Sync button. It is difficult to find. If this can be available directly on the OneDrive client and also be available on the Mac, that would be a game changing feature.
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Fred
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I contacted the Microsoft Support and they told me to follow the steps on the link below:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-users-to-sync-SharePoint-files-with-the-new-OneDrive-sync-client-22e1f635-fb89-49e0-a176-edab26f69614I can now sync all my Teams files with my computer.