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We're having a lot of issues with using the "Sync" feature with SharePoint/Teams files. Issues with windows file path length limits, issues with long sync times with high file count archives, users trying to make massive archives available offline and filling their hard drives, etc. Are there best practices? Is this feature not recommended? We want to move from legacy file shares to M365 but this has been challenging.
Try using the button at the top of a sharepoint document library/folder, this just adds a shortcut to your OneDrive where you can access the data live as long as you have Internet access.
- This seems to cause worse issues. With this, anytime you get a sync error, the OneDrive folder stops syncing until you resolve. At least with the "Sync" feature, the error is compartmentalized to that one SharePoint list.
- Carter_MSFT
Microsoft
Thanks Micheal for replying here. Our best practice is to use Folder shortcuts. Errors with the folder shortcuts should not stop sync all up, it should only be folder specific, so it is not by design that sync will completely stop working if there is an issue with that folder.- @Carter, I appreciate your reply and video response. We'll try this out further.
