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OneDrive Message Center Updates August 1st-August 15th

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StephenRice
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Aug 17, 2018

Here are the latest updates to the OneDrive service this month. We’ll be releasing some great improvements to the OneDrive iOS app, including the much-requested Camera upload for OneDrive for Business feature and a dialog box update to make granting file or folder access in OneDrive and SharePoint easier.

 

  • Coming soon: Camera Upload for ODB on iOS
  • Coming soon: Camera Roll for ODB now uses nested folders on iOS
  • Coming soon: Easily find past searches on OneDrive iOS
  • Rolling out: New grant access dialog in ODB and SPO 

 

  • Camera Upload for OneDrive for Business on iOS
    • Begins rolling out to customers in late August 2018
    • As we announced at SharePoint Conference North America 2018, the team has been hard at work on the most voted for feature on the OneDrive for iOS User Voice: Camera Upload for OneDrive for Business! This feature will automatically upload all photos in the device Camera Roll to a selected OneDrive for Business account. Please note that OneDrive only supports one account (business or consumer) to be used at a time for the Camera Upload feature. This will begin rolling out to customers later this month.

 

Camera Upload on OneDrive for Business

 

  • Camera Upload for OneDrive for Business now uses nested folders
    • Begins rolling out to customers in late August 2018
    • We’re also making some changes to how photos are organized in your OneDrive. Photos uploaded through the OneDrive for Business Camera Upload feature will automatically be sorted by Year and Month into nested folders in the Camera Roll folder. This feature will also apply to our OneDrive Consumer customers as well. *Please note that moving, renaming or deleting these folders is not supported or recommended at this time. This feature will begin rolling out to customers later this month.

 

Example of Nested Folders in Camera Roll

  • Easily find past searches on OneDrive on iOS

    • Begins rolling out to customers in August 2018
    • We’re making search work even better on OneDrive on iOS. OneDrive will now automatically suggest your most recent local searches when you start to type in a search. This will help you quickly and easily get to the files you’re looking for. This feature will begin rolling out to customers later this month.

Example of past searches 

  • New Grant Access dialog in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online
    • Rolling out now!

We’ve updated the “Grant Access” dialogue that is accessible via the Details Pane in OneDrive and SharePoint. The new dialogue is simpler and easier to use, giving users the ability to directly permission users to a document or folder. The dialog also allows the sharer to choose not to notify the recipient if desired. This feature is rolling out now!

 

New Grant Access Dialog

 

 

 

Updated Sep 12, 2018
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13 Comments

  • Hi wroot,

     

    We have two experiences here that we generally call the "Share Dialog" and the "Grant Access Dialog" and they serve related but slightly different purposes. We generally promote "Share" as the primary option as it works in the way many end users expect.

     

    The Share Dialog helps the user get sharing links. These links convey access to people who use them. Links can have restrictions on them (ex. only works for people in your organization or only grants edit permission) and can be individually revoked. Links can be e-mailed directly from OneDrive & SharePoint or copied and sent via the app of your choice.

     

    The Grant Access Dialog helps users grant permission to other users directly. Think of each item as having it's own list of people who are allowed to access it. Grant Access is all about putting the user into that list. Granting access offers some flexibility as well (permission level for example) and you can choose to notify the user (via an e-mail from OneDrive or SharePoint) or not.

     

    Hope that helps!

     

    Stephen Rice

    OneDrive Program Manager II

     

     

  • wroot's avatar
    wroot
    Silver Contributor

    So, after reading about the updated Grant access dialog i was wondering what is this new dialog i haven't heard about. I have checked the web version and found out that my guide for my users is already outdated and sharing dialog is completely different now.. Anyway, while updating the guide i got confused. What is the difference between Share and Grant access? Or maybe what is the purpose of additional Grant access dialog? I kind of already grant access by sharing documents (if i set it to particular accounts, thus requiring sign in). Maybe it is part of SharePoint Online? As desktop variant doesn't have such option, is it really needed by adding confusion for users?

  • Some very nice features right there. Looking forward to it. Thanks for updates!