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DiVojich
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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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  • 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

     

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Gabrielhuisg
Copper Contributor
Oct 20, 2021
I see.

I saw many request on the internet requesting for this same feature actually. In fact Google Drive has this feature for a long time now. Are we able to implement this same feature for OneDrive (Personal). I have subscribed to Microsoft 365 and it’s yearly payment. Will that be entitled to that feature?

Thank you
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StephenRice
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Oct 21, 2021
Hi Gabrielhuisg,

We are planning this feature only for our enterprise customers at this time. We'll certainly keep an eye on the demand here though and keep this in mind for the future. Thank you for your feedback!

Stephen Rice
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    Gabrielhuisg
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    Jan 24, 2022
    May I know who we could reach out to for this feature? Because GoogleDrive has been offering “block download” feature since the dawn of days. We need to compete with competitions out there who are offering Cloud Drive for Free and comes with “Block Download” feature. OneDrive is considered the major player in this field and definitely will consider more file sharing security features.

    I believe it will be pretty basic and straight forward to the team to implement this feature. It’s probably whether they want to implement it or not only.

    Could I have your help to raise this feature for them to implement?

    Thanks so much for your help
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    StephenRice
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    Jan 24, 2022
    Unfortunately not, sorry! This feature is only available for enterprise customers at this time (also generally called Microsoft 365 though I don't recall the nuanced name differences). Apologies for the confusion!

    Stephen Rice
    Senior Product Manager, OneDrive
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    Gabrielhuisg
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    Jan 24, 2022
    Hi
    I always have been thinking that it is consumer OneDrive that we were referring. I subscribed the Microsoft Office 355 package. Is that considered as well?
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    StephenRice
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    Jan 24, 2022

    Hi Gabrielhuisg,

     

    Thanks for the video! Based on that, it looks like you are in the OneDrive consumer environment which does not currently support Block Download. This is definitely something we'll keep in mind for future but nothing to share about consumer support at this time. Thanks!


    Stephen Rice

    Senior Product Manager, OneDrive

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    StephenRice
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    Jan 19, 2022

    Glad to hear it Stephan_Leistra!


    Gabrielhuisg, the feature is now rolled out to 100% of Production for enterprise customers. Can you share a screenshot of what you are or aren't seeing? Thanks!

     

    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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    Gabrielhuisg
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 19, 2022
    Hi
    Could I confirm that this feature is available for Microsoft 365 subscribers? I tried to check this feature out. However I do not see that “block download” is available.
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    Stephan_Leistra
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 19, 2022
    Just wanted to let everyone know that this feature is available now (or at least for our tenant)!
    Thank you Stephen Rice for keeping us up-to-date.
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    Gabrielhuisg
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 13, 2022
    Hi Stephen Rice,

    I still do not see the “Block Download” available? Could I have your assistance with that.

    Thank you
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    StephenRice
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    Jan 12, 2022
    We're rolled out to 100% of Targeted Release now and will be moving onto Production tenants shortly! No admin configuration required! Once rolled out, users will see the option in the share experience. Thanks!

    Stephen Rice
    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
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    Stephan_Leistra
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 12, 2022
    Any updates on the rollout status? And do the admins have to turn on this option or will it be available automatically when the rollout is done?
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    StephenRice
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    Jan 03, 2022

    v_nagar, not yet but this is something we are looking at. 

     

    Stephan_Leistra, it definitely is! Rollout is on-going and you should be seeing it very soon!

     

    Thanks!

     

    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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    Gabrielhuisg
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 24, 2021
    That’s awesome news! Thanks for the update Stephan_Leistra
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    Stephan_Leistra
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 16, 2021

    Any news on when this feature is available? Can't find it on the roadmap.

    StephenRice 

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    Stephan_Leistra
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    Oct 26, 2021

    StephenRice, can you give an indication on when this release is planned? 2021 or 2022?

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