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Folder Redirection
If we are talking about Microsoft 365, I would very much like to see "Folder Redirection" to OneDrive.. so that Desktop, Documents can be easily retained during a "Reset/Recovery" process. Like State Migration..
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jasmo really got everyone excited in his 2017 Ignite demo ( https://youtu.be/ftZzOZhB4BE?t=573 )
- There is an issue with redirection after Windows Updates applies. Here is the documentation for configuring known folder redirection with OneDrive for Business: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Redirect-known-folders-to-OneDrive-for-Business-e1b3963c-7c6c-4694-9f2f-fb8005d9ef12
- Awesome!
- Do you have a timeframe for when this is likely to be?
- You can configure this today via policy, but it is more challenging than it needs to be. We are working to simplify this for a future Windows 10 release.
Michael Niehaus, Will the two methods be compatible? Can I set with GPO today, and the new 'simplified' way take over later?
It's still a little early to say. Today, you have to manually set up OneDrive for Business, which gets the folders in place; once that's done, policies to redirect the folders work fine (although existing data doesn't move). Hence the reason to make it easier overall :-) I wouldn't expect the changes to cause any problems if you've already set this up.
