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Copper Contributor

Apr 27, 2017

allow users to copy shared files?

I am an instructor and want to share files with students/colleagues so they can copy the files (Word/PPT) to make their own edits. In investigating in my own account, it looks like the shared-with us...

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Salvatore Biscari

Silver Contributor

Apr 27, 2017

The OneDrive client (NGSC) supports syncing of "Shared with me" folders (not individual files, though).

Hence you could create a folder, put some stuff inside it and share the folder: other users in your tenant will be able to sync the file locally.

Suzanne Monthie
Copper Contributor
Apr 27, 2017
Thank you. Do you mean sync as in using the sync client to open the file locally? I need them to "edit in browser" not "edit in Word".
- Salvatore Biscari
  Silver Contributor
  Apr 28, 2017
  Not sure to understand exactly what you want to accomplish.
  If you mean to perform a copy from another user's OneDrive to yours directly by means of the "Shared with me" Web UI, then this is not possible.
  Use a Group instead: then all the members will be able to copy files to their OneDrive from the Web UI, if this is what you are looking for.
  Hope it helps...
  
  EDIT: you can also try and share a whole folder from your OneDrive (instead of single files). Then other users (you have shared with) will be able to copy to their OneDrive individual files that are inside the folder.