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Saving files to SharePoint Online is HARD
It's been a while since I made this post and I'd only think it fair to follow up with it as Microsoft has delivered some real positive improvements in this space.
Files on Demand - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/use-group-policy#FilesOnDemandEnabled
AutoMount Team Sites - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/use-group-policy#AutoMountTeamSites
Save to SharePoint site - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2015/11/09/attachments-in-outlook-2016-ready-for-collaboration/ and much easier when using the two features mentioned above.
Bonus points: Live document collaberation - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/document-collaboration-and-co-authoring-ee1509b4-1f6e-401e-b04a-782d26f564a4
Big thanks to ssquires , LincolnDeMaris , cfiessinger , and anybody else involved with these changes. They were a game changer when they launched and they've been much appreciated by consultants and end-users alike!!
Totally agree, this process is completely unfriendly to common users. It's not reasonable to think they would remember sites URL, or go to check and copy-paste them every time.
They should also copy the right path, another possible issue to process (see http://itgroove.net/oh365eh/2017/01/18/how-to-open-save-file-sharepoint-from-word-2016/).
The new sync client works really good, and it could be a solution; bu there are a lot of use cases in which syncing a library is not the best option.
A GPO solution would be amazing, but even just the possibility to see all the sites in the tenant (or the sites you are following, or those you see at the SharePoint online home page - tenantname.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx) would be great.
Still no news from Microsoft?
EDIT: I've found similar questions on the same topic:
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Any-plans-to-save-directly-to-Teams-sites-in-Office-2016-apps/td-p/53198
- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_officeinsider-mso_win10-msoinsider_excel/please-tell-me-the-groupsharepoint-listing-is/ba61791e-146a-4b3f-8322-ba417a580174
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Groups/Saving-to-Groups-from-Office-Desktop-Applications/m-p/30877
- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365admin-mso_dep365/save-directly-to-an-office-365-outlook-group-files/906f5b02-4b67-41fc-8750-930abfa9dc55