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Nate Chamberlain
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Nate Chamberlain is a technical content creator, solution architect, and trainer, recognized as a 5-year Microsoft MVP. With a background in business analysis and systems administration, Nate has authored seven books and manages his blog. He holds an array of certifications, including M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert and Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Associate, and is a frequent speaker at user groups and conferences.
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Enabling the local syncing of files

This recipe will demonstrate how you can allow/disallow the syncing of OneDrive files from online to local machines. Note that this affects SharePoint sync abilities as well.

Getting ready

You must be a global or SharePoint administrator to access the OneDrive admin center.

How to do it…

  1. Go to https://admin.onedrive.com.
  2. Select Sync from the left-side navigation menu:

    Figure 6.1 – The Sync option in the left-hand navigation menu of the OneDrive admin center

  3. Choose how you want users to be able to sync files from your organization by checking/unchecking the first box, labeled Show the Sync button on the OneDrive website:

    Figure 6.2 – Option to show the Sync button for OneDrive enabled

  4. Click Save.

How it works…

You've just ensured users will see the Sync button on their OneDrive sites. Once you've made sure that the Sync button is visible for users (and device management...

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Nate Chamberlain

Nate Chamberlain is a technical content creator, solution architect, and trainer, recognized as a 5-year Microsoft MVP. With a background in business analysis and systems administration, Nate has authored seven books and manages his blog. He holds an array of certifications, including M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert and Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Associate, and is a frequent speaker at user groups and conferences.
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