Dec 15 2016 01:06 PM
Over the past year, OneDrive has evolved at a rapid pace introducing new features for end users and IT, across sync, web, and mobile. As the number of users and usage continues to grow, our customers have asked for an easier way to administer their company OneDrive settings and policies. Today, we’re excited to announce the rollout of the OneDrive admin center preview to First Release customers and we want to hear your feedback.
Once deployed to your tenant, all tenant and SharePoint admins will have permissions to access the OneDrive admin center preview at https://admin.onedrive.com.
Key features by section include:
Please have a look at the preview and provide us your feedback and comments below. Our plan is to begin the generally available rollout later next month and subsequently add a link from the Office 365 admin center.
Thank you!
Stephen Rose
Director, OneDrive Product Marketing
Dec 20 2016 02:24 AM
Dec 20 2016 07:54 AM
Dec 20 2016 09:27 AM
Was testing a block on file types but it doesn't seem to be working. Is there a known delay or issue with Sync > Block syncing of specific file types?
Tested with an .olm file since we would like to block all Outlook archive file types (PST and OLM) but I was still able to drop the .olm file into the local OneDrive sync folder and it popped up in my OneDrive online shortly after (several times).
Dec 20 2016 11:59 AM
So I let it sit for a few hours and it looks like the first extension (olm) I tried to block is actually being blocked now. Is there some duration of replication needed in the O365 tenant that results in this delay between configuration and observation?
Dec 20 2016 12:41 PM
This is great and much easier than managing the previous way. I really like the Device access.
Dec 21 2016 04:30 AM
Are we going to be able to manage individual Onedrive accounts? Like on a per-user basis?
Dec 21 2016 09:04 PM
Means, this admin center will be available for standalone plan? So may companies licenced ProPlus can control OD with this feature? BTW I'm the one who concern this belong to onedrive.com...
Jan 03 2017 12:08 PM
Jan 03 2017 12:11 PM
Jan 03 2017 12:12 PM
SharePoint will still be admin'ed through the SP interface
Jan 03 2017 01:04 PM
Jan 04 2017 11:04 PM
Great news !!! Much awaiting..
@Stephen Rose wrote:Over the past year, OneDrive has evolved at a rapid pace introducing new features for end users and IT, across sync, web, and mobile. As the number of users and usage continues to grow, our customers have asked for an easier way to administer their company OneDrive settings and policies. Today, we’re excited to announce the rollout of the OneDrive admin center preview to First Release customers and we want to hear your feedback.
Once deployed to your tenant, all tenant and SharePoint admins will have permissions to access the OneDrive admin center preview at https://admin.onedrive.com.
Key features by section include:
- Home: This is the dashboard for the admin center and will soon show recent Office 365 Message Center posts and usage reporting related to OneDrive for Business.
- Sharing: This section helps admins gain control over how and with whom your users are sharing information. This includes controlling the use of external sharing and anonymous links, as well as limiting which external domains users can share with.
- Sync: Admins can block syncing of specific file types and deny syncing to non-domain joined PCs.
- Storage: This section allows admins to easily set default storage limits and document retention durations.
- Device Access: This gives admins control over how and from where a user can access their files. This includes allow/deny access from personal devices or specific networks as well as rich Mobile Application Management Intune policies for iOS and Android.
- Compliance: Admins can find quick links to the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center for key scenarios like auditing, data loss prevention, retention, and eDiscovery.
Please have a look at the preview and provide us your feedback and comments below. Our plan is to begin the generally available rollout later next month and subsequently add a link from the Office 365 admin center.
Thank you!
Stephen Rose
Director, OneDrive Product Marketing
Jan 06 2017 05:00 AM
What happened to the feature to allow limiting of external sharing by AAD group? This was part of the original blog post announcing the new admin centre and one that we intended to rely on for our implementation of external sharing. See 'Who can share with external users' section screen-grabbed below from original Microsoft blog https://blogs.office.com/2016/09/26/sharepoint-online-sync-preview-headlines-ignite-announcements-fo....
Jan 06 2017 10:05 AM
Hi @Neil McCafferty,
We discovered a last minute bug in that feature which required us to pull the feature from the ODB Admin preview. You should begin seeing that feature later this month. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Jan 08 2017 10:06 AM
Nice features! This will help for sure.
Jan 08 2017 11:45 PM
Hello, When I type htps://admin.onedrive.com, it is showing me SharePoint admin center instead of OneDrive admin center. Please advise If I am missing anything.
Avian
Jan 09 2017 12:19 AM
Stephen - Really appreciate your reply here. Great news and better than I expected too! Was worried feature had been dropped. This will make a significant difference for us.
Jan 09 2017 11:42 AM
@Avian 1, can you confirm that your tenant is part of the first release group? The OneDrive admin center preview is only available to first release tenants right now with a more broad release coming later. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Jan 09 2017 11:44 AM
No problem, sorry for the confusion here! Once the feature comes out, I'd love to hear your feedback and how it's working for you!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Jan 10 2017 02:07 PM
Hello - Quick question on some of the functionality:
Thanks!