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Co-Authoring for Semi-Annual channel
I've got clients actually considering switch to G-Suite for the co-authoring feature in sheets. I'm amazed that it's not going to make the semi-annual channel in July. Bizarrely, when I suggest they edit the document in Excel online, they don't like that idea. But they will considering going browser only for G-Suite. Users eh!
But still disappointed with Microsoft on this one...
Yea,
I knew going to 6 month release tracks was going to cause delays in features, but this is ridiculous.
The bad thing is, the OneDrive Sync client auto enables sync documents with office 2016 and causes continuous lockouts for documents stored in SharePoint. I don't know how many people in my org have had this issue.
Might be coincidence but same client I mention above raised a ticket about shifting to G-Suite because there was a resource tracker Excel document that keeps getting locked. Bit of a knee jerk reaction but it does show how annoying this is.
Generally, I recommend they don't synchronise document libraries onto their laptop using OneDrive except if possibly going somewhere where internet access is suspect or they definitely need an offline copy for an important meeting.
Not 100% sure what you mean by autosync with OneDrive?
In the OneDrive Sync client, under settings, on the Office Tab, there is a checkmark for Use Office 2016 to sync Office files that I open. Since our users are on the 6 month deferred track, they do not have the co-authoring features. This checkbox causes tons of lockouts for excel users. Disabling it cleared the issue for us.
- Can you confirm that changing this setting still clear the issue with locked Excel files?
