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Limit disk space usage with new sync feature
Hi!
We have lots of shared pc's (for students and staff) on which we don't allow OneDrive sync because the disks would quickly fill up if everyone starts syncing their OneDrive.
With the placeholders being introduced (again) later this year, will there be any possibility to limit the disk space usage by policy or are there other possibilities to avoid disks filling up?
Thanks!
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Has anyone looked into updating MDT or SCCM or other workstation imaging tool to create a set Partition based on a percent of the local hard drive, and then Deploy One Drive Clients restricting the Sync Location to a new folder on the new Partition ?
This could provide a rather complex but possibly achievable solution to our concerns.
Image Workstation 75% to OS and Local - Carve 25% for One Drive / Sharepoint use.
Deploy GPO to set Default Storage location to new partition
Restrict users from changing storage location
Enforce Encryption on One Drive Storage Locations
Thoughts ?
Could we have the administrative ability to limit the total size of the local cache on a per user or per computer basis? Leaving the eviction process up to an arbitrary low disk warning may still cause issues with shared machines. It looks like this will replace my WebDAV mappings to onedrive for business on conference and shared pcs.
(Sorry, reply should have been to Juan)
- FYI, Sync Files OnDemand is coming to ODFB as part of the Windows 10 update coming after summer....this new feature would solve your problem
Hello Juan,
I know about the new OnDemand sync, I would like to know if it will be possible to limit the space taken by this new OnDemand sync using a policy. Our shared PC's can be used by a few 100 users each month.
Bart
- The OnDemand sync will allow users to access files without using up disk storage.
