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RanchoJack
Jan 15, 2021Copper Contributor
Remove "Add shortcut to OneDrive" from Sharepoint Sites
We have our users want to use the 'Sync' and not the 'shortcut to OneDrive' for file on the Sharepoint sites. I was able to run from powershell: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-SPOTenant -DisableAddS...
MichaelDelpach
Jun 23, 2022Brass Contributor
RanchoJack totally agree. This "Add shortcut to OneDrive" is a deadly feature as it stops syncing already synced SharePoint Onlines sites without users knowing. I cannot believe Microsoft would roll out some out like this. I had a few users who kept working in their local copy of SharePoint Online site thinking they are connected, but they had inadvertently also added a folder or two from SharePoint Online to their OneDrive using this "Add shortcut to OneDrive" button. When you later find this out, and try to sync the SharePoint Online library, you cannot do that either because OneDrive app would say: cannot sync.