Adding the SharePoint Online URL to the trusted site zones in IE

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Hi ,
&nbsp; I would like to know what's the right approach in adding the SharePoint Online URL to the trusted site zone in Internet Explorer . I'm thinking of adding&nbsp;https://*.sharepoint.com&nbsp;to the trusted site zone in IE&nbsp; .However ,&nbsp; we have a different opinion where-in we just want to add&nbsp;https://companyname.sharepoint.com&nbsp;and&nbsp;https://companyname-my.sharepoint.com&nbsp;to the trusted site zone .So which one would be the right approach here and what are the benefits in adding a wild-card URL ?

vasilmichev · Answer

Depends on what you&nbsp;understand by O365.&nbsp;Try it on a new machine, with Office configured - you should see those entries added for any "account" you have added in Office. No other entries should be necessary for things to work as expected across the suite. Except perhaps for mapped drives to specific SPO libraries and such.

deleted · Answer

If they ever decide to let us do custom url's having the wildcard would make it so you don't have to remember to change that down the road. I don't see a negative to doing so either.

vasilmichev · Answer

Don't add anything, that's the latest guidance we've heard. The service will take care to add the relevant entries&nbsp;(tenant-files and tenant-myfiles.sharepoint.com).

trevor seward · Answer

O365 cannot automatically add entries to IE zoning.

vigneshganesan · Answer

Hi Vasil,
&nbsp;So do you mean to say that I don't need to add the URL's to the trusted sites zone unless and until my users are mapping the SPO sites as mapped drives , right ? So how about other Office 365 services , should I add the wildcard URL's for them to the trusted sites zones or that's not required .I'm thinking about the core services such as Exchange Online , Skype for business online and Office Online .

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