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Sharepoint columns sync with File Explorer view, or an alternative option
Hi all I'm more an admin person rather than IT, but have been asked to find a solution for one of our directors who prefers to open his documents using File Explorer over Sharepoint online. And b...
Carmen3008 I totally agree this is a massive need. As Microsoft do more and more to enable both column management in modern SharePoint but also onedrive sync across the ecosystem this is sorely needed. I am merely putting myself into this conversation so that if Microsoft come with a solution, I am tagged 🙂
- Sharepoint is being advertised as the preferred data architecture solution for our organization. It is barely functional for what I do. The massive need is in part file versioning, original and added authors, dates created, latest date modified, EVEN File TYPE! - all of which are easily displayed in file explorer columns and simply not available in sharepoint, unless you open EACH file! Not acceptable. Sharepoint must have been designed by people who never manage multiple file edits, from multiple editors - most of whom are not in or can't access the intranet! Why didn't UI designers discover that people often need to compare 3, 5, 15 different file versions by just staring at the metadata columns? The File Explorer people figured it out!
- Online you can just add the fields you like in the view of your library (or make another view).
Johan Stenberg Please show me where - I don't see options to do that.
