Last year, we released enhancements that allow you to copy files in Office 365. Today, we're adding the ability to move files in Office 365 with full fidelity protections for metadata and version ma...
Updated Feb 15, 2018
Version 4.0
Blog Post
Martin Hambalek If this was UserVoice, we’d be “Thinking About It” but need to get more feedback about all the implications via a vis maintaining security. Sometimes you want the file to inherit container security, sometimes you want it to maintain its original security. In short, when you move a file we think the clearest control is to ask to rebuild the security and share from its new location to ensure the new contexts are correct, and to avoid intended consequences.
Louis Cacaret this behavior is by design; if you only have limited rights on a container you cant delete the file at the source (which is implied when you move it to a new place, you are removing it from the old container.
Also to everyone:
Compliance labels are now preserved when you move a file, including for records. This is a big help when you're grooming older records to move to a document center or a record center.
OneNote notebooks are now moveable as well.
Thanks for the comments - keep them coming!