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Jeff Harlow
Iron Contributor
Aug 17, 2016

High Level Administration of OD4B

We are just now starting to use OD4B in our organization and one feature that was requested from management is that they want to be able to view their staff's OD4B files. From the standpoint of local...
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  • C_the_S's avatar
    C_the_S
    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).

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    C_the_S
    Aug 18, 2016

    Yes, the User Profile in SharePoint is where you can give someone access.

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Jeff Harlow
Iron Contributor
Excellent. 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!
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C_the_S
Bronze Contributor
Aug 18, 2016

Yes, the User Profile in SharePoint is where you can give someone access.