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KiBanger
Copper Contributor
Oct 11, 2022

Onedrive housed in teams

Hi There,

 

I'm trying to find a way to have a OneDrive account placed into our Teams channel. This would not be a copy or import, but rather, the file would sync between teams and OneDrive. It is a shared OneDrive account separate from our user accounts. 

  • You shouldn't be using OneDrive as a shared account as that just breaks Office. You have a SharePoint inside of Teams so use that. Asking for an "easy button" is the sort of thing that gets bosses made fun of on the internet.

     

    Move your shared files into the Teams SharePoint, and put links to the storage folder into your individual OneDrive accounts. 

  • MikeWWW's avatar
    MikeWWW
    Iron Contributor
    Why? Please explain what you are trying to accomplish from this. SharePoint already sits under Teams. OneDrive is SP library designed for one user, not a team
    • KiBanger's avatar
      KiBanger
      Copper Contributor
      My boss doesn't want to click around a bunch and just wants it available in teams. This would also need to be accessible to external guests.
      • MikeWWW's avatar
        MikeWWW
        Iron Contributor

        From a usage point of view this explains nothing.
        Your boss needs to have someone explain how Teams storage works.

        OneDrive can be connected to Teams but it's not gonna work like he thinks it might. In fact trying to make this work will be an enormous headache for everyone.

        If he "doesn't want to click around a lot" then a link to the Teams Channel SharePoint folder can be added to his OneDrive, but the rest is simply not a coherent request. 

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