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DiVojich
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Apr 09, 2020
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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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    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

     

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StephenRice
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Sep 25, 2020

Hi Richard_Technician,

 

Unfortunately, we don't support Block Download on video file types just yet. Team is working on it though so stay tuned! 🙂 


Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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cjescudero
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Oct 05, 2020

StephenRice  any news regarding the possibility of blocking video downloads?

Now that Teams' recordings are made in SharePoint, it's a must.

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    StephenRice
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    Oct 05, 2020

    Hi cjescudero,

     

    No official news on this one just yet. But you may want to keep an eye on Message Center this week 😉 

     

    Edit: Maybe next week 😉

     

    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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