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DiVojich's avatar
DiVojich
Brass Contributor
Apr 09, 2020

Option "block download" not showing

Hi all, I have around 10 users in 1 office who don't have the option "BLOCK DOWNLOAD" on their ODB apps. They only see this option for Office files (Word, Excel, etc...) for non-office files such a...
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OneDrive for Business
  • StephenRice's avatar
    StephenRice
    Apr 13, 2020

    I don't have an article handy but can confirm that we currently only support Block Download for Office files.

     

    That being said, we are working on Block Download for other file types (as announced in the Sharing talk at Ignite last year) and you should keep an eye on Message Center for more news on that soon 🙂

     

    Thanks!


    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

     

VasilMichev's avatar
VasilMichev
MVP
Apr 09, 2020

That's the default behavior afaik.

  • DiVojich's avatar
    DiVojich
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 10, 2020
    Hi Vasil,
    thanks for the info.
    Any evidence/article that would support this claim?
    Kr,
    • StephenRice's avatar
      StephenRice
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      Apr 13, 2020

      I don't have an article handy but can confirm that we currently only support Block Download for Office files.

       

      That being said, we are working on Block Download for other file types (as announced in the Sharing talk at Ignite last year) and you should keep an eye on Message Center for more news on that soon 🙂

       

      Thanks!


      Stephen Rice

      Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

       

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