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Copper Contributor

Jan 29, 2020

File Collaberation in Teams versus file management on internal coporate servers

We store all our files on internal corporate servers and would not be moving all our files to O365. Is there anyone using Teams for file collaboration, but maintain all their files on internal corpor...

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adam deltinger

MVP

Jan 30, 2020

Yeah! Basically you have to separate the files and file collab and just use other features like meetings and chat! But even then you would have files in the cloud when you attach files / create meeting notes etc. And having files both in cloud and on premises can be a mess if this isn’t planned very carefully and people know what should be where etc..
Links to local files aren’t supported. You can go in and vote for that on Teams uservoice. There are several requests created:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/

Adam

Guardian865

Copper Contributor

Jan 31, 2020

Thanks. Agree that files in cloud and on premises could be a nightmare with regards to versions, which is my concern. We are an Architectural firm and have a lot of large design files that we wouldn't store in the cloud.

StevenC365
MVP
Jan 31, 2020
Guardian865 I would suggest looking again at using the OneDrive tool to sync files between desktops and the cloud, you can have the performance of a local file with a background process that will copy the files to the cloud.

It uses a differential sync, so only changes are moved so it's highly efficient. Take a look at where it was announced, along with new built in previewers for AutoCAD files -> https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/onedrive-roadmap-roundup-september-2019/ba-p/883866

I looked at this with a graphic design team who were absolutely certain they could not manage without fast local file shares for their multi-Gb images. They found it was actually faster as they were editing from their own drives rather than the file server, and only syncing changes.