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Strange Shared OneDrive behavior.
We have some shared folders on OneDrive that are used by both Mac users and PC (Win10) users. If a Mac user deletes one of these files on their local drive it goes both to their trash on the Mac, an...
And don't forget if you have files on demand and your deletes go to your cloud recycle bin - you have a second stage recycle bin for additional peace of mind for this very reason.
Have fun.
Are you sure it's not on the recycle bin on the Online OneDrive? If you use Files On-Demand for PC the file will not go to recycle bin unless you have it set to always be offline.
And Mac which isn't Files On Demand unless you download the preview version basically sync's everything offline is why that behavior occurs. What you need to do on PC is turn off Files on Demand if you want it to work the way your mac is working. Keep in mind it will consume the diskspace fully of the OneDrive files on the sync when turning off.
- Good point. Can files on demand be turned off globally in the admin center or locally on the PC?
- It used to be off by default. You have to turn it on, unless it's been changed. There are some GPO's for OneDrive, you might want to look into those here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/use-group-policy
I see a Enable Files on Demand, so I'm sure this can be set to disabled as well to prevent it's use.- Thank you, I'll look at those. I did turn it off on the user in question so they can test it to see if that is in fact the issue. But, if it is, then I see that as a bug. Buy turning it on one should not have to worry about accidentally deleting a file. Would you agree?
Thanks for the GPO pointer.
Jim
