I have searched for ways to "sync" a SPO Document Library, particularly a Teams Document Library, in a non-persistent VDI where you have access via Windows Explorer similarly to OneDrive. While I couldn't find anything directly to accomplish this, I did piece together a method that would achieve the goal with a PowerShell script and I wanted to share in case it helped others or could be improved upon by the community.
Prereqs: OneDrive "per-machine install" installed on the gold image with on-demand enabled via GPO
The first part of the script sets the vars needed for the SharePoint Document library. See Deploy OneDrive apps using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager for information on how to find these values.
$WebURL = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/"
$SiteName = "SPOSite"
$SiteID = "<thesiteid>"
$ListID = "<thelistid>"
After these values, I use a sleep timer to give time for all services to load before proceeding.
Start-Sleep -s 20
Next is to query AD for the user's email address using Get-ADUser. The email address will be used by ODOpen to sync the library.
$DomainServer = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($env:LOGONSERVER.Substring(2)).HostName
$UserName = [Environment]::UserName
$User = Get-ADUser -Server $DomainServer -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $UserName} -Properties *
$UserEmail = $User.EmailAddress
Next I use a "Do" loop to make sure OneDrive has started before trying to sync the library.
Do{
$ODStatus = Get-Process onedrive -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If ($ODStatus)
{
I add in another sleep timer to give OneDrive time to authenticate and start syncing the user's OneDrive.
Start-Sleep -s 30
Next I set the path for the ODOpen command using the vars from earlier and start the process.
$odopen = "odopen://sync/?siteId=" + $SiteID +
"&webUrl=" + $webURL + $SiteName +
"&listId=" + $ListID +
"&userEmail=" + $User.EmailAddress +
"&webTitle=" + $SiteName + "
"
Start-Process $odopen
Lastly, I close out the Do loop
}
}
Until ($ODStatus)
Save the script to a network share accessible by users and use a GPO, or a product like VMware's DEM, to place a shortcut to the script in users' Startup folder.
Complete script below.
# Script for using OneDrive, with on-demand enabled, to sync SPO library at login
# Create a shortcut to this script in the user's Startup folder
# Target should be C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -WindowStyle hidden -File "\\server\share\SyncSPOSite.ps1"
# Update variables below for the SPO library to sync. See this link for more info
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/deploy-on-windows?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fdeploy-the-new-onedrive-sync-client-in-an-enterprise-environment-3f3a511c-30c6-404a-98bf-76f95c519668
$WebURL = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/"
$SiteName = "SPOSite"
$SiteID = "<thesiteid>"
$ListID = "<thelistid>"
# Give Windows some time to load before getting the email address
Start-Sleep -s 20
$DomainServer = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($env:LOGONSERVER.Substring(2)).HostName
$UserName = [Environment]::UserName
$User = Get-ADUser -Server $DomainServer -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $UserName} -Properties *
$UserEmail = $User.EmailAddress
# Use a "Do" loop to check to see if OneDrive process has started and continue to check until it does
Do{
# Check to see if OneDrive is running
$ODStatus = Get-Process onedrive -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# If it is start the sync. If not, loopback and check again
If ($ODStatus)
{
# Give OneDrive some time to start and authenticate before syncing library
Start-Sleep -s 30
# set the path for odopen
$odopen = "odopen://sync/?siteId=" + $SiteID + "&webUrl=" + $webURL + $SiteName + "&listId=" + $ListID + "&userEmail=" + $User.EmailAddress + "&webTitle=" + $SiteName + ""
#Start the sync
Start-Process $odopen
}
}
Until ($ODStatus)
