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Consequences of syncing libraries beyond the limits?
According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-description/sharepoint-online-limits, there is a limit of 5,000 items when syncing a SharePoint l...
Chad_V_Kealey Did you ever figure this out? We experience similar behaviour with OneDrive Sync, either using Sharepoint Sync or Add Shortcut to Onedrive. Files seem to be deleted randomly, with hundreds of files in a short time. The number of files is more or less the same. I was wondering if you ever found the cause and maybe solution to this? T.i.a.
It was a lot of user error (user getting impatient waiting for sync to happen and dragging files/folders into or out of their OneDrive folder) and some file types that shouldn't be synced ("package" files on Mac OS, like Techsmith Camtasia project files, Endnote libraries, etc).