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Ashish Kanoongo
May 01, 2017Brass Contributor
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.
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
- Stephen Rose
Microsoft
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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.
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
First time I see last two restrictions as removed...indeed the new 15 GB limit is a complete surprise for me cc StephenRice Salvatore Biscari Hans Brender
- Salvatore BiscariSilver Contributor
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
Microsoft
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?