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TonyBryant
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Jun 05, 2020

Syncing SharePoint Document Libraries on Non-Persistent Virtual Computers

I have searched for ways to "sync" a SPO Document Library, particularly a Teams Document Library, in a non-persistent VDI where you have access via Windows Explorer similarly to OneDrive. While I cou...
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JamesWood
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May 03, 2022

NPerez930 

Same problem here. Did you ever figure it out?

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MikeG4936
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May 03, 2022

JamesWood NPerez930 I found a solution to this problem. This happens when you have an outdated version of the OneDrive sync client installed on your VDI image. This causes the OneDrive client to self-update, instead of silently logging the user in. Update to the latest version of the OneDrive client on your VDI gold image to fix this problem.

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    JamesWood
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    May 03, 2022
    In my case, I'm not using VDI; I'm testing this manually on my physical system before deploying via GPO. We have the latest OneDrive installed via Microsoft 365.
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      MikeG4936
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      May 03, 2022
      Make sure you have enabled the GPO entitled "Silently sign in users to the OneDrive sync app with their Windows credentials"
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        Daren Daigle
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        Aug 02, 2022

        MikeG4936 

        Using the libraries already installed, this should work.

        $SysInfo = New-Object -ComObject "ADSystemInfo"
$UserDN = $SysInfo.GetType().InvokeMember("UserName", "GetProperty", $Null, $SysInfo, $Null)
$User = [ADSI]"LDAP://$UserDN"
$User.Mail

        Actually, this script returns an object that has all the active properties for the user.

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