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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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Lisa_JK
Copper Contributor

Hi StephenRice,

 

I am based in UK and using a business account. The option of disabling download doesn't seem to be possible for videos, still. Will it be rolled out eventually?

 

Best,

Lisa

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StephenRice
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Apr 01, 2021
Hi Lisa_JK,

This is in our plans but no timeline just yet. We will be starting with support for Teams Meeting Recordings. Thanks!

Stephen Rice
Senior Program Manager, OneDrive
  • ClaudiusConsulting's avatar
    ClaudiusConsulting
    Copper Contributor
    May 13, 2021

    StephenRice 

     

    Hi,

     

    Any updates on blocking downloads of PDF documents please?

     

    Thank you

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