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OneDrive Sync Up Episode 22: File Archive with Trent Green

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StephenRice
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Feb 24, 2026

Your company's OneDrive and SharePoint storage keeps growing — but how much is being actually using? Find out on the latest Sync Up episode where we talk about one of our most requested features: file level archive.

If you've been using site archive to manage cold data, you know the value of moving inactive content to cheaper storage. But sometimes you don't want to archive an entire site — you just need to archive specific files that haven't been touched in years. That's exactly what file archive lets you do. On this month's episode of Sync Up, Trent gave us a live demo showing how simple the experience is: Select your files, click archive, done. He also walked through the 7-day instant undo window (in case you archive something by accident) and shared how file archive can improve your Copilot experience too!

File archive is coming to public preview in March 2026 for SharePoint sites. Admin-driven archive policies are on the roadmap for later this year.

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Catch this episode on your favorite platform:

You can learn more at Overview of Microsoft 365 Archive.

 

Got questions or topic ideas? Email us at syncupquestions@microsoft.com

Now go hit play and let us know what you think!

Updated Feb 24, 2026
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2 Comments

  • Donal1575's avatar
    Donal1575
    Copper Contributor

    Backup files to One Drive folders went to the recycling bin in OneDrive, and removed files – hundreds of files.

  • sfiruch's avatar
    sfiruch
    Copper Contributor

    My biggest pain point is OneDrive.exe performance when syncing 300k+ files. As a performance-oriented developer I can barely understand why it'd be so slow. Also, people have been complaining about this for years. Still, no improvements. Would love to know if anybody is working on reduced CPU and memory usage - or what the way forward is.

     

    Performance is so bad that I started looking for OneDrive alternatives yesterday.