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New support for # and % in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

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wbaer
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Apr 06, 2017
@williambaer   As William Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”   Files are as unique as the people who c...
Updated Apr 18, 2017
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Ed Alexander
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Apr 07, 2017

Updating to the latest SharePoint Management Shell did the trick...  Thanks!  Would be nice if this application were delivered via UWP!  

 

  1. Ran the following script successfully:

    $userCredential = Get-Credential -UserName "<globaladmin@domain.com>" -Message "Type the password."Connect-SPOService -Url https://<domain>-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential $userCredentialSet-SPOTenant -SpecialCharactersStateInFileFolderNames Allowed
  2. Created file named "##%%badfile.txt" in OneDrive synched directory and received imediate notice of bad file name (cannot sync file)
  3. Exited Onedrive (personal and business - new single client)
  4. Started OneDrive desktop app (again)
  5. Reports "Can't upload files", shows ##%%badfile.txt in view sync problems list due to bad file name...

Is there some period of time before feature is enabled?  Get-SPOTenant shows "Allowed"...