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Option "block download" not showing
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 RiceSenior Program Manager, OneDrive
MicrosoftHi Roy_Thomas,
The Block download option is only available for Office file types & a select number of non-Office file types (e.g. PDF). What file types are you not seeing it show up for? Depending on your exact needs, you might also want to check out our conditional access policies as a potential solution. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
Hi StephenRice I see that the option to block downloads of Team recordings is rolling out.
https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=70543
Can you tell something about this update? Likes does this also apply to other MP4 files?
- StephenRice
Hi all,
The Block Download option will only apply or be available for Teams Meeting Recordings at this time. Making this option available for more video file types is absolutely on our backlog but we don't have a timeframe to offer just yet. Thanks!
Stephen RiceSenior Program Manager, OneDrive
- The roadmap item has been changed from "rolling out" to "In development" and will only be released in April CY2021... What happened? We desperately need this option and I know a lot of European universities are also struggling with this issue due to privacy legislation.
- exactly!
