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Paul Cunningham
Iron Contributor
Mar 09, 2017

Syntax for Onedrive.admx edits - DefaultRootDir

In the Onedrive deployment guidance we're instructed to edit the Onedrive GPO template (Onedrive.admx) to insert specific values.   For example, replacing {INSERT YOUR TENANT'S GUID HERE} with our ...
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Jonathan Conway
Brass Contributor
Oct 04, 2017

I have trialled the new ADMX files that are included with the latest production client and have found an issue with the "Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder" setting not working.

 

I have added the Tenant ID in the "Value Name" field as instructed and added the value "1" in the "Value" field. Sadly users can still click on the link to change the location of the OneDrive folder during the intial OneDrive setup.

 

 

Any ideas Ronak or anyone else?

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Jonathan Conway
Brass Contributor
Oct 10, 2017
Jonathan Conway wrote:

I have trialled the new ADMX files that are included with the latest production client and have found an issue with the "Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder" setting not working.

 

I have added the Tenant ID in the "Value Name" field as instructed and added the value "1" in the "Value" field. Sadly users can still click on the link to change the location of the OneDrive folder during the intial OneDrive setup.

 

 

Any ideas Ronak or anyone else?

This was user error on my part - although the client version for my admin account had updated to the latest version, the standard user account was unable to access the update servers and was therefore stuck on an earlier client version which did not support the new GPO settings. Once updated, the GPO applied as per design.

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