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Using ConfigMgr #MEMCM to Pin and Un-Pin OneDrive Known Folders

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

First blog post of 2020 using the new #MEMCM tag! One of the things asked for recently was the ability for users to “choose” to keep OneDrive “Known Folders” available offline. This isn’t necessary for a user on their Primary computer - the OneDrive files will already be local but when the user logs on to a different computer in a shared computer environment, the files will only be available on demand. We were asked to give the users the option of “Pinning” these known folders and for the admin to have the option to force it. The folders being redirected by OneDrive Known Folder Move were:-

Installing the OneDrive Sync Client in "Per-Machine" mode during your Task Sequence for a lightening fast "first logon" experience

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Background

One of the things I have been trying to improve is the users “first logon” experience in Windows 10. Waiting for the OneDrive sync client to “do its thing” reminded me of that one kid in the class that could be awesome if they tried harder. After the user profile is created (another post coming soon on tweaking the speed of this), OneDriveSetup.exe was called from the Default User Hive “Run” key. If OneDrive wasn’t installed in the User’s Profile (unlikely for a new profile), it would go and throw the binaries in %localappdata%, check for updates, twiddle its thumbs and eventually download some files or stubs.

Modify OneDrive Site Admins with PowerShell

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

In our previous post Office 365 – Access a Users OneDrive Folder we looked at giving an Admin access to a users OneDrive files. In this post we will focus on adding and removing Site Admins, on a users Personal SharePoint Site (OneDrive), using PowerShell.

Office 365 - Access a Users OneDrive Folder

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I thought I would dig a little deeper on this cool little feature in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Administrators are able to select a user and “Access” that users OneDrive files. Cool for a number of scenarios, so Microsoft believe to create this feature, but it does comes with a caveat. (Read post before implementing). Let’s first see how, as an Administrator, we can do this.