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How to access files and folders others shared with you from SharePoint and OneDrive
I blogged in the past that the new best practice is to share files by sharing links to files instead of sending attachments. But here is a dilemma. As users, internal and external to your organization share files and folders with you, how do you access them all without searching through the email you received a while back? Luckily, we have an… keep reading >
How to disable External Sharing on a User’s OneDrive
Some time ago, I wrote a detailed blog post on how to adjust external sharing settings for SharePoint and OneDrive and set the company-wide defaults for both. This is something that is controlled in the SharePoint Admin Center, and you can set global defaults as well as site-specific external sharing settings. But what if you want to prevent a specific user (not… keep reading >
How OneDrive Sync works
One feature that confuses the hell out of everyone is OneDrive Sync available in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. So today I would like to clarify what it is and how it works. I have written a few posts previously on how to install it. Still, since Microsoft has made a few significant improvements over the last few years, I would like to… keep reading >
Top 5 features of OneDrive for Business
If you use SharePoint and Office 365, you heard about OneDrive. The most frequent question I get from my clients and loyal blog followers (after “Where does my accent come from?”) is: “What is the difference between OneDrive and SharePoint?” Let me answer all these questions for you. First, my accent is from Russia. I emigrated to the US in 1993, when… keep reading >
How to access someone else’s OneDrive account
Here is a scenario. Your employee left or is about to leave the organization, but has left lots of valuable intellectual property in his or her OneDrive repository. Or, maybe someone just left on vacation and forgot to publish a very important Sales Proposal to SharePoint. The bottom line is – you need to access someone else’s OneDrive. With this post, I… keep reading >
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