Introducing the OneDrive AutoMountTeamSites setting

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:03:09 +0000

Reviewing the latest OneDrive features I wanted to try the new AutoMountTeamSites setting which lets you preconfigure SharePoint online sites to sync automatically for defined users and devices.

Updated on 12.07.2019: Included the Intune administrative template configuration

The setting is officially described as follow:

This setting lets you specify SharePoint team site libraries to sync automatically the next time users sign in to the OneDrive sync client. (Microsoft)

If you enable this setting, the OneDrive sync client will automatically download the contents of the libraries you specified as online-only files the next time the user signs in. The user won’t be able to stop syncing the libraries. (Microsoft)

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In order to get things up an running we need at least:

OneDrive sync client version 19.012.0121.0011 or newer
Windows 10 Version 1709 or newer
OneDrive Files On-Demand enabled (described below)

Be aware that this feature is not supported with on-premises SharePoint sites and not recommended to enable this setting for more than 1'000 devices. The device limit is related to the Windows Push Notification Service which tells the OneDrive clients when a file change occurs on a server side. When you exceed that limit clients will find themselves in a polling mode. Hans Brender explains this behavior well on his blog.

Deploy OneDrive KFM with Microsoft Intune OMA-URI

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:37:21 +0000

OneDrive KFM (Known Folder Move) allows you to redirect common Windows folders (Desktop, Documents and Pictures) to the users personal OneDrive. OneDrive Known Folder Move is the modern replacement for the well known folder redirection group policy. The deployment with Microsoft Intune allows you to trigger or automate the OneDrive KFM configuration for your end users.

Updated on 04.08.2019: Added administrative template configuration

This post is based on a great article from Oliver Kieselbach about Deep dive ADMX ingestion to configure SilentAccountConfig with OneDrive. I used his blog to play around with the admx ingestion.

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To automatically deploy OneDrive Known Folder Move the following prerequisites must be met:

OneDrive sync client with build 18.111.0603.0004 or greater
Azure AD Joined or Hybrid Azure AD Joined Windows 10 Device Running Windows 10 1709 or later

Intune Configuration
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Configure SilentAccountConfig
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Option #1 - ADMX Templates
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With SilentAccountConfig enabled OneDrive for Business gets automatically configured with the current user account who’s signing in to Windows.

Onedrive-for-Business on Nicola Suter

Introducing the OneDrive AutoMountTeamSites setting

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Deploy OneDrive KFM with Microsoft Intune OMA-URI

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Intune Configuration
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Configure SilentAccountConfig
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Option #1 - ADMX Templates
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