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Iron Contributor

Jun 26, 2017

Enterprise icon vs OneDrive icon

What are the rules on the icons (and placement) when OneDrive is synced with File Explorer? I have my OneDrive synced and another that is shared with me under different hierarchies - all very confusi...

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David Slight

Iron Contributor

Jul 08, 2017

Owen, thanks for keeping the discussion alive and great comments. My original point however was that similar content with the same url structure is under different icons. If you look closely at the screenshot you will see: tenantA-my,sharepoint.com/personal/user1 under the building icon tenantA-my.sharepoint.com/personal/user2 under the cloud icon Both windows clearly also show they are Office 365 OneDrive windows. This is wrong.

Owen Allen

Iron Contributor

Jul 08, 2017

Hi David,

I did not notice that in the original post - thanks for pointing that out! I wonder if it might be based on the technique that was used to initiate the synch relationship. However, that is somethig that support should be aware of. I'd bet that Stephen Rose will know the right way to get this addressed. He may want you, David, to open a support ticket for this.

I like Salvatore Biscari's rules with the icons, but because this is a case with OneDrive content under a building icon, it breaks the rules, so it must be a bug. :-)

Hope to see you all at Ignite!

Owen

Updated thanks to Salvatore setting me straight. It is not a bug. David's screenshot is taken from the machine running as v-david, and the other content is Shared With Him, so pertains to the blue building icon. No bug. Salvatore's rules still rule. :-) Sorry for adding to the confusion!

-owen

Salvatore Biscari
Silver Contributor
Jul 08, 2017
Hi Owen.
Maybe I am missing something: what's the bug?
The stuff in your ODfB in some tenant in which you are an user is correctly under OneDrive - <sometenant> (i.e. a cloud icon, meaning that it is YOUR own stuff).
Instead the stuff in someone else's ODfB (i.e. shared with you), since it is from an SPO library (exactly like stuff in a team site or a in Group), is correctly under <sometenant> (i.e. a building, meaning that it is not YOUR own stuff).
Again, the logic is clear and perfectly adheres to the rules I stated above...
- Owen Allen
  Iron Contributor
  Jul 08, 2017
  You are not missing anything - I was. I updated the previous post. You are correct!
  - David Slight
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 10, 2017
    So what you are saying is that my WORK stuff is under OneDrive because it is personal but when other colleagues at work share stuff with me (from their OneDrive) then it goes under the building icon? Now I am even more confused. Work stuff should be under the building and my OneDrive (Hotmail) should be under the white cloud. Seems you are using not using the BLUE cloud icon in file explorer properly (as you do on the task bar)