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 ====== Microsoft OneDrive for Business ====== ====== Microsoft OneDrive for Business ======
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 +**Home**: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/business/
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 +:!: OneDrive for Business is about $5 per month per user for 25GB of storage.
  
 **Login and Configuration**: https://portal.office.com **Login and Configuration**: https://portal.office.com
  
-**OneDrive for Business sync app**: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=321300+**OneDrive for Business sync apps**: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/download/ 
 + 
 +:!: The primary advantages to OneDrive for Business are probably 1) that it can be used on (RDS) Windows Servers with multiple users, and 2) it's tight integration with Microsoft Office. 
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 +<note warning>OneDrive is incompatible with roaming profiles.</note> 
 + 
 +**Roaming Profiles**: http://www.itexperience.net/2013/11/08/exclude-skydrive-or-dropbox-from-roaming-profile-2/ 
 + 
 +<note warning>OneDrive for Business is incompatible with network paths including Redirected Folders.</note>
  
 ===== Service Setup ===== ===== Service Setup =====
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     * OneDrive for Business     * OneDrive for Business
     * 30-day trial accounts available     * 30-day trial accounts available
-  - Click Admin +  - Click ''Admin'' 
-  - Click Setup+  - Click ''Setup''
     * Configure your domain     * Configure your domain
     * Configure your DNS     * Configure your DNS
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   - Log in   - Log in
-  - Click OneDrive +  - Click ''OneDrive'' 
-  - Click Sync+  - Click ''Sync''
   - Install the OneDrive for Business sync app   - Install the OneDrive for Business sync app
  
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 ===== User Setup ===== ===== User Setup =====
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 +:!: On RDS servers especially, be careful about where the local sync folder is located.  You do **not** want to fill the system disk and crash your server!
  
   - Log in   - Log in
-  - Click OneDrive+  - Click ''OneDrive''
   - Copy the URL from the browser   - Copy the URL from the browser
-  - Open the OneDrive for Business app+  - Open the ''OneDrive for Business'' app
     * If not previously configured, you will be prompted to enter a library URL     * If not previously configured, you will be prompted to enter a library URL
-  - Enter the URL you copied from the browser+  - Paste the URL you copied from the browser 
 +  - Change the local folder location as needed 
 +    - The default is probably OK for a standalone PC 
 +    - You must use a **local volume** (no network drives)
   - Enter your OneDrive for Business credentials   - Enter your OneDrive for Business credentials
   - Choose ''Work'' for OneDrive for Business account   - Choose ''Work'' for OneDrive for Business account
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 {{ :computing:storage:1_onedrive_bus_setup_url.png?550 |Enter URL}} {{ :computing:storage:1_onedrive_bus_setup_url.png?550 |Enter URL}}
  
-{{ :computing:storage:2_onedrive_bus_setup_signin.png?400 |Sign In}}+{{ :computing:storage:2_onedrive_bus_setup_signin.png?300 |Sign In}}
  
-{{ :computing:storage:3_onedrive_bus_setup_choose_work.png?400 |Choose Work (OneDrive for Business)}}+{{ :computing:storage:3_onedrive_bus_setup_choose_work.png?300 |Choose Work (OneDrive for Business)}}
  
 {{ :computing:storage:4_onedrive_bus_setup_sync.png?450 |Syncing}} {{ :computing:storage:4_onedrive_bus_setup_sync.png?450 |Syncing}}
  
 {{ :computing:storage:5_onedrive_bus_setup_done.png?750 |Synced Folder}} {{ :computing:storage:5_onedrive_bus_setup_done.png?750 |Synced Folder}}
 +
 +===== Change Synchronized Folder Location =====
 +
 +https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Change-the-location-where-you-sync-SharePoint-libraries-on-your-computer-ca8a88f6-bc4f-4ec2-a460-864c4e9b2be0?ui=en-US&rs=en-GB&ad=GB
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 +  - Right-click the OneDrive system tray icon
 +  - Stop synchronizing your local folder
 +  - Sync a new library (the new location)
 +
 +===== Folder Redirection via Group Policy =====
 +
 +FIXME Untested - Read the comments to the following link
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 +http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/25220.onedrive-for-business-folder-redirection-gpo.aspx
computing/storage/onedrive_business.1432593758.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/05/25 16:42 by gcooper