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What determines "Shared Libraries" list in OneDrive?
Hi, My organization is in the process of rolling out Teams and OneDrive. When a user logs in into OneDrive via the web browser, they are presented with a list of "Shared Libraries" on the left h...
- Correct...this list of sites as happens in other places is provided by the Graph and it's contextual to the user...it's not based on favorite Teams or sites, it's based on how you interact with those sites
Correct...this list of sites as happens in other places is provided by the Graph and it's contextual to the user...it's not based on favorite Teams or sites, it's based on how you interact with those sites
Indeed. I came up against this problem and found the following four factors affect whether OneDrive displays "Shared Libraries" correctly or not:
- Delve must be enabled (SharePoint Admin Centre / Settings / classic settings page / Enable Delve and related features)
- If the Shared Library is part of a Microsoft 365 Group or Team, any users who are Owners need to be Members too. Sometimes this doesn't happen, especially if the Team Owner was assigned through the Teams Admin Centre - and causes problems in various places, including the Planner app. You can check this by adding a second user as an Owner, make the first user a Member, then make the first user an Owner again, and remove the second user.
- If the Shared Library is part of a Microsoft 365 Group or Team, make sure you access the Files area at least once - it is not created immediately when the Group or Team is first made.
- Create a file or folder in the Shared Library so that it is seen as 'Recently active' by Delve - then WAIT a while and it should appear.
- (You can also 'pin' or 'follow' a Shared Library - access it through the SharePoint interface, then change the 'Not following' link in the top right hand corner to 'Following'. However this should not be necessary if the above steps work https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/find-your-sharepoint-and-teams-files-in-onedrive-for-work-or-school-9275de7b-0b0b-40ee-8fa2-b17d1b0727d0)
It's not perfect but following these steps appeared to get most Shared Libraries to appear when we needed them to.