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Paul Cunningham
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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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Ronak Shah
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The ADM files will be located in your %localappdata%/Microsoft/OneDrive/<build version>/adm directory. You can navigate to %localappdata%/Microsoft/OneDrive which will have the build version folders that contain corresponding ADM packages.

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Thomas Denton
Copper Contributor
Nov 27, 2017

Hi Ronak,

 

I just downloaded and installed Office 2016 on machine so I could find the updated admx files, however I don't seem to get them. What is the specific build number of the latest? It seems my install was 17.3.6743.1212. I do see this particular tenant is set for the Semi-Annual channel, I suspect that is part of the issue?

 

I set the software download settings on the tenant to be Monthly, however when I go to my machine and check for updates I still get the everything is updated message.

 

Can you provide another option to obtain the .admx and .adml files?

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    Thomas Denton
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 27, 2017

    Sorry I jumped the gun on that one...I was able to use another tenant on Monthly update to get the updated .admx and .adml files...however I am concerned these settings wont be properly recognized due to the client machines under this original tenant being on the Semi-Annual cycle...is that correct based on what a few others stated above?

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      Ronak Shah
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      Nov 28, 2017
      The documentation has been updated per your feedback. Thanks Thomas!

      You're correct, the newest ADMX drops won't work for clients that haven't been updated to rely on the new ADMX implementation. You can confirm if the client has this capability by looking for the ADMX folder on machines that are updated semi-annually.

      If the ADMX folder isn't present in %localappdata%/Microsoft/OneDrive/<build>/ on these machines, you can use the legacy ADMX files to deploy policies. The legacy policies are located here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=717805
      • Dwayne Salmon's avatar
        Dwayne Salmon
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 31, 2018

        Hello everyone,

         

        I am trying to implement One Drive Folder redirection, I followed the steps by Paul blog as well as what is recommended by MS, however, I am seeing nothing happen when I log into my PC my documents doesn't get copied to One drive. When I run a rsop on my pc I see this notification not sure;  When a do a GPRESULT, I do see the security group that I have added my self to which the policy filters to only me. 

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