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tbandalane
Copper Contributor
Jul 21, 2022

Moving Onedrive to a network location

Hi,

 

We operate a Citrix environment with FSLogix profile management. Users OneDrive folders are currently sitting in their FSLogix profiles. Since our profiles are currently capped at 30GB we would like to move OneDrive to another location.

 

I created a GPO that sets the OneDrive location to \\SERVER\SHARE. However when I go to setup my OneDrive I get "your onedrive folder cant be created in the location you selected" message. I've done some googling about the issue but I can't find much that relates to the folder being saved to a network location.

 

Is changing users' OneDrive For Business folders to a network location something that is supported? Or is there a better way to go about it.

 

Thanks!

  • MikeWWW's avatar
    MikeWWW
    Iron Contributor
    You're missing the point of OneDrive (or any other cloud storage service like Dropbox or Google drive completely by doing this.
    • tbandalane's avatar
      tbandalane
      Copper Contributor
      Yes OneDrive is a cloud platform, but unfortunately when you have users that require instant file access local file storage is required as well. That's why I asked the question.
      • Mike Williams's avatar
        Mike Williams
        Steel Contributor
        They're not going to get instant file access from a Citrix desktop either, and my estimate is that the effect of combining OneDrive with a remote desktop in this way is going to penalise users.

        I have run OneDrive on a NUC with minimal space using files on demand. I suspect that for most business users the actual footprint of files required for fast access can easily be accommodated with < 1GB. If you're going to situate OneDrive files on a server then you are going to find performance issues in any real-time collaboration, particularly as more people work with Teams as an intermediary to OneDrive/SharePoint.

        MS is not going to be able to document the effect of every hybrid environment out there - you need to take this up with FSLogix and Citrix. Do they have a service level guarantee that their service layers are not going to cause latency or other issues with cloud services? My top line is that playing games like this inevitably leaves you trying to catch up with Microsoft's advances to the 365 environment. You might get it working today but these solutions are fragile...

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