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High Level Administration of OD4B
- Aug 18, 2016
Manager is determined by Active Directory.
For us, we remove the license after the 30 day period after the employee leaves (just makes it simplier). That is when the manager will automatically get a notice. If the manager wants access earlier they can request it and we'll give it to them (none have ever asked).
- Aug 18, 2016
Yes, the User Profile in SharePoint is where you can give someone access.
You are correct that isn't currently available for OneDrive.
I think you might be better at getting folks to do group work files in SharePoint and leave their "personal" files in OneDrive. That way manager's really don't have a need to be looking into OneDrive and can focus on SharePoint.
When an employee leaves the manager will gain access automatically to OneDrive.
You mentioned Managers gain access automatically when a person leaves. How is that determined? Do I simply remove the O365 license from the user account? How does it know who the manager is? Is that pulling from the Manager field in AD?
Thanks.
- C_the_SAug 18, 2016Bronze Contributor
Manager is determined by Active Directory.
For us, we remove the license after the 30 day period after the employee leaves (just makes it simplier). That is when the manager will automatically get a notice. If the manager wants access earlier they can request it and we'll give it to them (none have ever asked).
- Jeff HarlowAug 18, 2016Iron ContributorExcellent. Thanks for your help. And I assume, if we need to give a Manager access sooner, you use the User Profile under SharePoint Admin Portal, correct?
If Microsoft reads these, I would like to request a high view hierarchy of all our users OneDrive files. As administrators, I still like to view files or access files on a fly as we would with a typical file share. Thanks again!- C_the_SAug 18, 2016Bronze Contributor
Yes, the User Profile in SharePoint is where you can give someone access.