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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'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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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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Lars365
Iron Contributor
Oct 14, 2020

Hi StephenRice

Thanks for the hint with the message center.
I just got the announcement for this feature today:
Great job.
http://%20https://www.microsoft.com/de-ch/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=67166.

 

 

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    StephenRice
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    Oct 14, 2020

    Lars365 ğŸ˜‰

     

    Excited to get this one out there!

    • Lisa_JK's avatar
      Lisa_JK
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 01, 2021

      Hi StephenRice,

       

      I am based in UK and using a business account. The option of disabling download doesn't seem to be possible for videos, still. Will it be rolled out eventually?

       

      Best,

      Lisa

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        StephenRice
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        Apr 01, 2021
        Hi Lisa_JK,

        This is in our plans but no timeline just yet. We will be starting with support for Teams Meeting Recordings. Thanks!

        Stephen Rice
        Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
    • cjescudero's avatar
      cjescudero
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 13, 2020

      StephenRice while we are eagerly waiting for this feature to be available on our tenants, a question arises for me regarding Teams recordings.

       

      In a channel meeting that is recorded, what permissions will attendees have on it? By default, it would be desirable that only the moderators have the download option, but, reading the announcement in detail, it seems that this option will be available for the sharing links. Also, based on other types of files, I am afraid that only for those that are shared with everyone.

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        StephenRice
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        Nov 13, 2020

        Hi cjescudero,

         

        Today, the recording is uploaded to the Team channel so everyone on the team has Full Control, like they do on every file in the Team channel.

         

        In the future though (exact date TBD, keep an eye on message center),

        Recorders & organizers of the meeting can edit.

        Members of the team channel can view only (and are blocked from downloading)

        Owners of the team get full control.

         

        Hope that helps!

         

        Stephen Rice

        Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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      shavit
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 20, 2020

      StephenRice  Hey
      Is that mean mp4 files which where already in my oneDrive (while a go) will have this option of "block download" too?
      Or only new files that I will add to oneDrive?

      Thanks

      • StephenRice's avatar
        StephenRice
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        Oct 21, 2020

        Hi shavit,

         

        When this rolls out, it should apply to most video files in your OD (regardless of when they were added).

         

        In less exciting news, we identified an issue here as we started to rollout and we're delaying our rollout of Block Download for video files as a result. We'll repost the Message Center post once we've resolved this. Thanks everyone for your patience! 

         

        Stephen Rice

        Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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