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On-Demand Sync feature, any news?
Hi,
Im getting often questions from customers around the "placeholder" functionality in ODfB. I think it was mentioned in Ignite 2016 sessions that "it will come as On Demand Sync" but I cant find any newer information on that subject.
Anyone have some insights to this?
PS: I mean the functionality where cloud-based files only are shown as placeholders in local onedrive folder and double click triggers sync.
thanks in advance
JK
Windows Insiders running Windows 10 build 16215 (Fast Ring) can now download and install a new OneDrive update, which enables the new Files On-Demand.
More info at https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/06/13/onedrive-files-demand-now-available-windows-insiders
Hi MS Team,
Windows 7 is significantly used in business. Why not enable this feature on Windows 7 clients? You take your clients hostage in order to force migration to Windows 10 build 16215.
Regards,
Michaël
There have been calls for wider support for this feature, check out this post and the corresponding idea on the OneDrive UserVoice that you can vote and promote. I think it is relatively unlikely they will increase support but if Microsoft get enough feedback, they will have to give it some consideration.
I don't think this is related to the question.
Also, I don't think that the thread subject is not what the thread starter was asking, since I would seperate those two:
- On Demand Sync
- where you choose the folders that you want to sync locally (=consume real local storage)
- this is already possible with NGSC
- Placeholder Sync
- this is were you sync the "whole" (or part of the library) and you manually choose which folders are really synced locally, and which folders are just "placeholders" (=no local storage consumed), but you can still browse them with the Windows Explorer.
- this feature is not yet available, I'm also not aware of any offical announcement, though it has been requested mulitple times
Placeholder Sync with On Demand Sync would be the best of both worlds, especially for users with small hard drives (e.g. SSDs). You'd be able to still "sync" (though sync is not the correct word for this) the full document library, but only consume local storage for those folders that you want to, while still allow local browsing of that document library, but being redirected to the online storage location.
This makes sense, however no sign of this feature in Fast Track Roadmap for ODB
https://fasttrack.microsoft.com/roadmap?filters=onedrive%20for%20business
Maybe we need some insight from MVP, Roman Nedzelský, can you help us and shed some light into this subject?
- On Demand Sync
Unfortunately i cant see any of it in my Insider Preview (15025) so hopefully its still coming!
anyone else who has any idea if and where MS hid this option in the preview?
- Well, this is more a feature of NGSC rather than Windows 10 right??
If I remember correctly this feature is going to be part of the Windows 10 "Creators" update package, next april.
Hopefully we will be getting more info soon because we are also looking forward to this, especcialy when its available to connect to SPO libraries.
