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DiVojich
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Apr 09, 2020

Option "block download" not showing

Hi all, I have around 10 users in 1 office who don't have the option "BLOCK DOWNLOAD" on their ODB apps. They only see this option for Office files (Word, Excel, etc...) for non-office files such a...
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  • StephenRice's avatar
    StephenRice
    Apr 13, 2020

    I don't have an article handy but can confirm that we currently only support Block Download for Office files.

     

    That being said, we are working on Block Download for other file types (as announced in the Sharing talk at Ignite last year) and you should keep an eye on Message Center for more news on that soon 🙂

     

    Thanks!


    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

     

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DiVojich
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Hi Vasil,
thanks for the info.
Any evidence/article that would support this claim?
Kr,
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StephenRice
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Apr 13, 2020

I don't have an article handy but can confirm that we currently only support Block Download for Office files.

 

That being said, we are working on Block Download for other file types (as announced in the Sharing talk at Ignite last year) and you should keep an eye on Message Center for more news on that soon 🙂

 

Thanks!


Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

 

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      StephenRice
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      Oct 14, 2020

      Lars365 ğŸ˜‰

       

      Excited to get this one out there!

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        shavit
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 20, 2020

        StephenRice  Hey
        Is that mean mp4 files which where already in my oneDrive (while a go) will have this option of "block download" too?
        Or only new files that I will add to oneDrive?

        Thanks

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    Dincer_Ozberber
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 03, 2021

    StephenRice Hi Stephen,
    My organization actively uses the OneDrive system. First of all, thank you very much for your support. We need to securely share files such as pdf and video on OneDrive with people outside the organization. Especially download blocking is very important to us. You mentioned that you are working on this issue. When will this feature come? Thanks.

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      StephenRice
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      Dec 06, 2021

      Hi Dincer_Ozberber,

       

      Block Download for PDF should be available today.

       

      Block Download for video should be coming very soon! Rollout will start this month and finish in January! 

       

      Hope that helps!

       

      Stephen Rice

      Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

      • Stephan_Leistra's avatar
        Stephan_Leistra
        Brass Contributor
        Dec 08, 2021

        StephenRice Is there a way to get early access to the block download feature? Or maybe get this feature to roll out for our tenant as early as possible?
        We are desperately waiting for this feature due to legislation in our country.

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    daniel-tamarack
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 19, 2020

    StephenRiceI'm using the free version of OneDrive and trying to block downloading on a shared PowerPoint file, but the block download toggle doesn't exist. Does this feature not exist for the free accounts?

     

    • StephenRice's avatar
      StephenRice
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      Jun 19, 2020

      Hi daniel-tamarack,

       

      The Block Download feature is only available for enterprise SKU's of OneDrive and is not available in our consumer application. Sorry for the inconvenience!

       

      Stephen Rice

      Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

      • daniel-tamarack's avatar
        daniel-tamarack
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 19, 2020

        StephenRiceThanks so much for the quick response. I'm trying to share a presentation with people and need to make sure they can't download it. I guess I could try to turn this into a video, but would love to be able to share as a PPT. Any other directions we should consider on the consumer side? Thanks!

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    Stephanie930
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 07, 2020

    Hi StephenRice, I'm wanting to share a video to a client, but I don't want them to download it. Since this feature is only for Office made files, can you suggest a work around? Cheers.

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    Roy_Thomas
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 01, 2021

    StephenRice 

    I have a paid Microsoft 365 account for my business and the block download option is not showing up on the permissions pop up box. Please advise. 

    How do I block illegal downloads of my company files by the staff that does not need to access and take away docs they should not.

     

    Thanks

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