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On-Demand Sync feature, any news?
Give a look to this thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneDrive-AMA/On-demand-and-save-outlook-attachments/m-p/43039#M72
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?
Bad news on On-Demand Sync feature. Its not in 2017 Roadmap!!!!
https://winbuzzer.com/2017/02/24/new-microsoft-onedrive-differential-sync-optical-character-recognition-xcxwbn/
In the recent OneDrive AMA, Stephen Rose said about placeholders: "We will have more to share later this year". Please see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneDrive-AMA/Placeholders-returning/m-p/43055#M90
You're right but I think at Ignite MS was talking about this, and showing this screenshot
which covers the Placeholder sync functionality.
They called it "On-demand syn" tho...so there's the confusion.
Anyway...lets wait and see
No confusion at all.
"On demand sync" is the new name for the old "placeholders" feature.
See for example http://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-placeholders-return-demand-sync
now that you mention it, I believe my so called "on demand sync" is referenced as "selective sync".
