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one drive syncing is too much slow
I ran into the same issue. Tried everything: reinstalling OneDrive, switching between files-on-demand mode and full sync mode, disabling AV etc.As it turned out, the OneDrive folder was left after the previous Windows install, and didn't have the correct system owner ID assigned (the owner was listed as something like S-1-12-1-1234564589-1234564798-1234564798-1234567891).
This was resolved after assigning the correct user name by running the command below (admin privileges required).
takeown /s YOURPCNAME /u AzureAD\YourUserName /f "D:\OneDrive - Company Name" /r /d YIf the above doesn't work, try this (admin privileges required):
icacls "D:\OneDrive - Company Name" /q /t /grant "AzureAD\YourUserName:(OI)(CI)F"
Don't forget to insert your data before running the commands above and make sure you check the links below so you understand all the options used!
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/takeown
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/icacls
In general, the speed of OneDrive is below acceptable levels. Especialle when syncing many files.
I'm a web developer, cross working on Mac and Windows 11, from the office and at my clients. The syncs are practically unusable, so I'm currently migrating to my large Synology NAS and will work from there in the future - just to have a usable solution. 😞
We migrated our company to Egnyte. It caches files on people’s machine and basically feels exactly like you’re on a local server, but you get all the benefits of the cloud. Been on it for months and it works flawlessly to date. Mind boggling that a company as large Microsoft can’t get OneDrive working similarly.
I will say, it’s not free like SharePoint, but I think business would rather have working solutions. Perhaps Azure offers a similar solution, but as an engineering firm, we cannot work exclusively on the cloud. We NEED the local caching, as 100mb ACAD file size is too much of an upload to wait for every time one saves.
EngGuyGlad that you made it work.
Unfortunately in my case, I cannot use these options. One thing is my storage needs (currently approx. 60TB) another is the ongoing usage of ressources from various storage folders.
Microsoft have really made a bad solution with OneDrive. It's sync is crap compared to everyone else's and honestly I couldn't care less about Sharepoint as it's something I'll never use nor have the need for.
As an MS O365 administrator for multible companies, the administration of OneDrive is just as tedious.
Moving all project files from Onedrive now and switching to another useful service asap. This is damaging and limiting my commercial work too much.