Forum Discussion
Map One Drive For Business on Windows 7
- I will run some tests with WebDAv because the One Drive client does not meet the needs of the project. I'll read the post informed and put the results
Here is a Getting Started doc on the NextGen client.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-started-with-the-new-OneDrive-sync-client-in-Windows-615391c4-2bd3-4aae-a42a-858262e42a49
- I will run some tests with WebDAv because the One Drive client does not meet the needs of the project. I'll read the post informed and put the results
- I would recommend spending some more time with the project team to get a very good understanding of their current business processes and what they would like to do in a perfect world. There are frequently many ways to fulfill "requirements" and just because they have used a mapped drive in the past, does not necessarily mean that will be the best solution in today's mobile world.
As Vasil said, the plain-vanilla mapping described in the support article will give you all sort of problems...
If you insist on using mapped drive, you should rather investigate products like ZeeDrive (http://www.thinkscape.com/Map-Network-Drives-To-Office-365-OneDrive/) which is known for working well.
Agree with Andy, you should avoid using Mapped drives unless you have a really really specific need for them. But just for completeness, here's the KB article on how to configure and troubleshoot them: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616712
You will run into issues if you use them, that's pretty much guaranteed. But if you insist, there are also some tools that can help you keep the sessions active, autoconfigure them for your users and so on. Do a search on the internet and you will find examples of such tools, both free and paid.
It is easy to see why a mapped network drive is still necessary. Limited space on my local drive for syncing, therefore, a need to map to sharepoint O365 sites is needed. Is this still possible?
