If you don’t have an account signed in to OneDrive, use these instructions to start OneDrive. If you already have an account signed in to OneDrive If you have no accounts signed in to OneDrive If you don't have Windows 10, 11, or Office 2016, install the Windows version of the new OneDrive sync app. If you're using Windows 10 or 11, your computer already has the OneDrive app installed - skip to step 2. If you're not using Microsoft 365 Apps for business, see Sync SharePoint files with the OneDrive for Business sync app (Groove.exe). If you use Microsoft 365 Apps for business, you can also sync files from your SharePoint sites. This article describes how to download the OneDrive sync app and sign in with your personal account, or work or school account, to get started syncing. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. With OneDrive, you can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at. You'll be able to back up your Desktop and Documents folders to OneDrive on macOS and access them on any of your devices.Important: Beginning January 1, 2022, we are ending support for selected OneDrive desktop apps running on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
General Availability: Folder Backup (Known Folder Move) on macOS. This new feature provides a more streamlined and convenient way to set up your account for syncing. The menu will display all the accounts you have signed into Microsoft 365 apps and Windows. The First Run Experience now allows you to pick and configure your account using a drop-down menu. Support tickets can still be created through the admin portal. We've removed the entry point for end users with work and school accounts to contact support from within the product. Learn more.Ĭontact support entry point removed. Use the OneDrive sync health dashboard in the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center to get an executive summary of everything happening with OneDrive so that you can resolve common issues quickly and focus on other strategic tasks as an administrator. General Availability: OneDrive sync health dashboard. We've updated the Settings experience to make it easier for you to manage OneDrive Sync. With this change, users would only see the parent folder in the recycle bin, allowing them to restore everything easily, and quickly. In the past, if a user deleted a folder, all the contents of the folder would show up as individual items in the recycle bin. We've changed how OneDrive sync propagates deletes to the backend, allowing the web recycle bin to match the actions of the user. The option to fork the document will be removed. After this change, the user can only open the document with a conflict in Office to merge the changes. Previously, clicking the “Resolve” action on a conflict would require the user to choose between opening the file in the Office desktop app to merge changes or keeping both versions of the file (forking the document and appending the computer’s name to the forked file). Updated experience for Office document conflict resolution. There is no change at this time for users that have the feature disabled from OneDrive settings or by admin policy.
We are updating the OneDrive sync app advanced settings for Files On-Demand for users who have the feature enabled. The behavior change occurs for users who have Files On-Demand enabled. Updated Files On-Demand settings on Windows. Note: when a folder contains files stored only in the cloud, those files will not be moved they will remain in the cloud. Users will now have the option to restore the files back to their original location. We are updating the behavior when users turn off folder backup. Improvements to folder backup opt-out experience. We've resolved product issues to improve the reliability and performance of the OneDrive sync app.