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File is locked for editing in Office 365
Is there a way to check by computer name when a user has locked a file for editing? If I can trace by computer name that will be very helpful in advising my users on who and what computer is locking ...
It should list who in the message that has the document locked. This is different than checkout per SPO Admin's reply. But to my knowledge computer isn't logged. The only way to prevent the locking is to have supported office documents and a newer Office version that supports co-authoring.
If you turn on force of Checking out you can tell who has it and prevent locking, however it introduces a lot of other less than desirable usability for your users.
If you turn on force of Checking out you can tell who has it and prevent locking, however it introduces a lot of other less than desirable usability for your users.