Jul 22 2021 08:25 AM
OneDrive and SharePoint are great ways to keep files in the cloud but I discover that having some line of business apps that are not cloud aware/enabled decreases productivity of employees who have to download form the cloud to store locally to work with the LOB apps and if updates are made to the files, then have to be uploaded again.
Is there a way to map a SharePoint or a OneDrive to a drive letter to operate in the same or similar fashion as a mapped network drive?
Jul 22 2021 11:22 AM
SolutionHi @DanielCayea - No, there's no good way to map a drive letter to a SharePoint or OneDrive library (this question has come up a number of times in this community: see this search result)
As I understand it, the basic issues revolve around authentication and user experience.
That said, what you need to look at is the OneDrive desktop app to sync files (it can sync both OneDrive and SharePoint). It's what we tell our end users to do for apps that can't open/save files directly in OneDrive/SharePoint. End users must sync the libraries that they need to interact with most often.
There are limits to this approach - (see this Microsoft support article)
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YOu should all look at IAM Cloud and their product Cloud Drive Mapper - which removes all the sync issues with OneDrive. Has been instrumental in our migrations.
Jul 22 2021 11:22 AM
SolutionHi @DanielCayea - No, there's no good way to map a drive letter to a SharePoint or OneDrive library (this question has come up a number of times in this community: see this search result)
As I understand it, the basic issues revolve around authentication and user experience.
That said, what you need to look at is the OneDrive desktop app to sync files (it can sync both OneDrive and SharePoint). It's what we tell our end users to do for apps that can't open/save files directly in OneDrive/SharePoint. End users must sync the libraries that they need to interact with most often.
There are limits to this approach - (see this Microsoft support article)