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David_Elsner
Oct 19, 2020Brass Contributor
Syncing files with a big document library
Many of our users do not like to use the SharePoint webapp - they prefer to work in their file explorer as they know it. For that reason they sync a lot of their document libraries with local folder...
Myles Jeffery
Oct 19, 2020Brass Contributor
David_Elsner Hi David. Have you considered mapping a network drive to the files? It should help reduce the network overhead and local storage requirements. Microsoft have their WebClient drive mapping tool that comes with Windows or you may want to consider a commercial option such as http://www.thinkscape.com/Map-Network-Drives-To-Office-365-OneDrive/.
Myles
David_Elsner
Oct 21, 2020Brass Contributor
Myles Jeffery Do you mean https://collab365.community/map-a-sharepoint-document-library-as-a-network-drive/? That is what I found with google quickly.