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Ashish Kanoongo's avatar
Ashish Kanoongo
Brass Contributor
May 01, 2017

Update: Microsoft One Drive for Business Restrictions

Hello All,

 

It seems Microsoft removed some of the restrictions from OneDrive for Business as per the below article which recently updated on 28th April. 

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3125202/restrictions-and-limitations-when-you-sync-files-and-folders

 

Following restrictions are removed

 

  • % and # sign are now allowed, this can be done by the tenant administrator. I also implemented successfully. Please see this discussion for more detail.
  • File Upload Size is increased from 10 GB to 15 GB
  • File name paths can have up to 400 characters from 256 characters. It seems MS is Rolling out as mentioned in MS FastTrack Rollout

I identified these three major changes, this will definitely help to reduce sync related issues.

 

Can anyone from MS let me  know about last two bulleted point how this can be implemented from the backend?

 

Ashish

OneDrive for Business
  • Stephen Rose's avatar
    Stephen Rose
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    May 01, 2017

    More information here:

     

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint-Blog/New-support-for-and-in-SharePoint-Online-and-OneDrive-for/ba-p/60357

     

    Ashish Kanoongo wrote:

    Hello All,

     

    It seems Microsoft removed some of the restrictions from OneDrive for Business as per the below article which recently updated on 28th April. 

     

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3125202/restrictions-and-limitations-when-you-sync-files-and-folders

     

    Following restrictions are removed

     

    • % and # sign are now allowed, this can be done by the tenant administrator. I also implemented successfully. Please see this discussion for more detail.
    • File Upload Size is increased from 10 GB to 15 GB
    • File name paths can have up to 400 characters from 256 characters. It seems MS is Rolling out as mentioned in MS FastTrack Rollout

    I identified these three major changes, this will definitely help to reduce sync related issues.

     

    Can anyone from MS let me  know about last two bulleted point how this can be implemented from the backend?

     

    Ashish

     

    • Salvatore Biscari's avatar
      Salvatore Biscari
      Silver Contributor
      May 01, 2017

      There was a thread some days ago about the new 400 characters limit for the paths (which, as noted, is still rolling out).

      Never heard before about the the new 15GB limit: is this fully launched?

      Also, I notice that OneDrive for Business (NGSC) still doesn’t support differential sync, while it has been promised (but not announced, though).

      Finally, in the previous version of the article, it was stated that libraries with IRM enabled would have been synchronized as read-only (just as libraries with checkout enabled). This has disappeared from the new version. Has that limitation been removed?

      • Stephen Rose's avatar
        Stephen Rose
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        May 01, 2017

        My responses below:

         

        There was a thread some days ago about the new 400 characters limit for the paths (which, as noted, is still rolling out).

        Correct

         

        Never heard before about the the new 15GB limit: is this fully launched?

        It is rolling out. Most customers should have it by now.

         

        Also, I notice that OneDrive for Business (NGSC) still doesn’t support differential sync, while it has been promised (but not announced, though).

        Office 2016 supports differential sync.

         

         

        Finally, in the previous version of the article, it was stated that libraries with IRM enabled would have been synchronized as read-only (just as libraries with checkout enabled). This has disappeared from the new version. Has that limitation been removed?

        What article are you refering to?

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