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This article is for IT administrators in large organizations who want to enable users in their organizations to sync SharePoint team sites with the new OneDrive sync app. Smaller organizations and organizations that are new to Office 365 are already set up to sync OneDrive and SharePoint files with the new OneDrive sync app.

When you enable this feature, users will be able to sync the files in a SharePoint team site to their PCs and Macs using the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe). As part of this, they will be able to:

  • Browse to a SharePoint site or shared folder and click Sync to sync all contents in the document library or only selected folders that are important to them.

  • Change the folders they sync directly from their PC or Mac.

  • Sync shared folders.

  • Sync read-only files and folders.

  • Coauthor files in real time with Office 2016 (C2R build 16.0.7167.2xxx or MSI build 16.0.4432.100x)

  • Automatically transition from the existing OneDrive for Business sync app (Groove.exe)

Deploy and configure the OneDrive sync app

Collaborate for free with online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive. Download and install Microsoft OneDrive for Windows PC, Mac, iOS and Android. When you install the OneDrive sync app for Mac, a copy of your OneDrive is downloaded to your Mac and put in the OneDrive folder. This folder is kept in sync with OneDrive. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder on the OneDrive website, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted in your OneDrive folder and vice versa. This article is for IT administrators managing OneDrive settings in work or school environments. If you're not an IT administrator, read Get started with the new OneDrive sync app on Mac OS X. Manage OneDrive settings on macOS using property list (Plist) files. Use the following keys to preconfigure or change settings for your users.

To enable users in your organization to sync SharePoint team sites with the OneDrive sync app, you first need to deploy the OneDrive sync app to your organization.

See Deploy the new OneDrive sync app using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager

See Deploy and configure the new OneDrive sync app for Mac

For info about the latest sync app releases, see New OneDrive sync app release notes.

Oct 15, 2019 To learn more about how OneDrive is implemented within Microsoft do read up the latest IT Showcase blog, “OneDrive for Business feature shifts how employees save files within Microsoft.” We continue to evolve OneDrive as a place to access, share, and collaborate on all your files in Office 365, keeping them protected and readily accessible. To contact OneDrive for Business support from your PC or Mac, select the OneDrive icon in the notification area or menu bar, then select More Send feedback I don't like something. OneDrive for Business Admins can also view the OneDrive for Business Tech Community, Help for OneDrive for Business Admins, or contact Office 365 for business.

Set SharePoint to sync with the OneDrive sync app

  1. Go to the Settings page of the new SharePoint admin center and sign in with an account that has admin permissions for your organization.

Note

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If you have Office 365 Germany, sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, then browse to the SharePoint admin center and open the Settings page.
If you have Office 365 operated by 21Vianet (China), sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center, then browse to the SharePoint admin center and open the Settings page.

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  1. Select classic settings page.

  2. Make sure 'OneDrive Sync Button' is set to 'Show the Sync button.'

    To sync SharePoint files with the new client, you must also sync OneDrive files with the new client.

  3. For 'Sync Client for SharePoint,' select Start the new client.

    Note

    If you don't see the 'Sync Client for SharePoint' setting on the Settings page, your organization is already set up to use the new OneDrive sync app. When users sign in to the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe), it will automatically take over syncing the site libraries that the previous new OneDrive sync app (Groove.exe) was syncing. Microsoft office mac 2011 version. For information about how this works, and about the types of libraries that will continue syncing with the previous sync app, see Transition from the previous OneDrive for Business sync app.

  4. Select OK.

    These changes take several hours to propagate. To check that they've propagated, go to a SharePoint site and select Sync. In the browser dialog box that confirms the request to open a program, the 'Program' should appear as 'Microsoft OneDrive' and the 'Address' should start with 'odopen://'

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