Forum Discussion
Sync external OneDrive shared folders
- Jan 23, 2018
You cannot sync folders shared from a user belonging to another organization.
Going offline for field work and coming back to sync makes complete sense, especially if versioning is enabled to prevent any accidental overwrites / data loss.
I'd be remiss if I didn't point out some key factors for our Access experience: First, it's not being "hosted" on SharePoint- it's only stored there. Second, we're a small team (less than 15), and generally it's only in use by 1-2 users. Finally, I've automated the import function so those users aren't making any design changes, just running reports or queries. If it was larger scale or if there was a larger user population, I'd probably move it to a full-blown SQL instance. :) Regarding your comment on sync mechanisms, I think you're absolutely right. You can open it through the SharePoint interface and it will work, but is locked as "read-only." To get full permissions, you have to be able to sync the folder... which is what brought me here once my 6-month "systems break" started.
I took a break from the Server admin field while I went to school- do you think there's anyway a federated or cross-domain trust could help with your issue? Again, I haven't messed with that sort of thing since Server 2012, so I'm a bit behind the times.
Best,
Ben
Ben,
It might but I can't bet on customers having a tenant/domain to cross connect. We have created a SharePoint site and messed with the backend security to get something working but that was unsupported and similar to assigning licensing to outside IDs, no longer convenient.
Thanks