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I'm trying to set up OneDrive file sharing for a bunch of users, sorted into several groups each with their own private file area (per-group that is). I've got through the initial setup stage, choosing the correct package for the organisation etc, but I can't help but feel that the way it has worked for me so far is excessively awkward, so either I'm doing it wrong or the system is just awkward.
Does anyone know of a good introduction guide in the context of what I'm trying to achieve?
By awkward I mean for example that I set up a sharepoint 'site' for a particular group in the organisation, I've set up the users, then for each user I have to attempt to log in to web-based OneDrive once before "OneDrive has been provisioned for this user" (otherwise I can't do anything with that user), then when setting up a Sharepoint site for a particular group to share their own files with each other I have to "sync" a folder to the local user on the machine I'm doing it on (it seems to require shell integration in order to set up what I call a separate OneDrive for Business instance). If I'm going to have to log in and out maybe twice for each of the 25 users this is going to get really tedious. I would have thought that once I've created users and groups through the web interface, then all that each user should have to do is log in on OneDrive and it sets up the private group instance for each one.
Also, it seems to me that each user - at least by default - gets their own private file storage area in OD and any group memberships are handled through separate instances of OD on their computer. It would be nice if each user didn't get their own private file share, just the group one that they're subscribed to.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Does anyone know of a good introduction guide in the context of what I'm trying to achieve?
By awkward I mean for example that I set up a sharepoint 'site' for a particular group in the organisation, I've set up the users, then for each user I have to attempt to log in to web-based OneDrive once before "OneDrive has been provisioned for this user" (otherwise I can't do anything with that user), then when setting up a Sharepoint site for a particular group to share their own files with each other I have to "sync" a folder to the local user on the machine I'm doing it on (it seems to require shell integration in order to set up what I call a separate OneDrive for Business instance). If I'm going to have to log in and out maybe twice for each of the 25 users this is going to get really tedious. I would have thought that once I've created users and groups through the web interface, then all that each user should have to do is log in on OneDrive and it sets up the private group instance for each one.
Also, it seems to me that each user - at least by default - gets their own private file storage area in OD and any group memberships are handled through separate instances of OD on their computer. It would be nice if each user didn't get their own private file share, just the group one that they're subscribed to.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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