Big news in the world of OneDrive for Business: We’re releasing the “next gen sync client”, which alleviates a number of pressing issues with syncing with OneDrive for Business:
- Improves reliability & performance of file sync
- Removes the 20,000 file sync limit
- Enables selective sync
- Support for large files up to 10Gb in size
- etc.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business December 2015 Product Updates
A WORD ABOUT SHAREPOINT:
One important note for those with users that sync files with SharePoint document stores – not just OneDrive for Business stores:
- The next gen sync client will NOT sync SharePoint document libraries. This is coming in the future – more will be announced in Jan 2016.
- As a workaround, you can run both the existing OneDrive for Business sync client (for Sharepoint sync) side-by-side with the next gen sync client. (for OneDrive for Business file store sync)
For more information, visit the following sites:
- ANNOUNCEMENT: https://blogs.office.com/2015/12/16/onedrive-for-business-update-on-storage-plans-and-next-generation-sync-client/
- SUPPORT NOTES:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Meet-the-OneDrive-for-Business-Next-Generation-Sync-Client-7af500d9-a18e-4abb-8450-b94f4e52c1a0?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US - IT/ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT GUIDE:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Deploying-the-OneDrive-for-Business-Next-Generation-Sync-Client-in-an-enterprise-environment-3f3a511c-30c6-404a-98bf-76f95c519668?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US - INDIVIDUAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-started-with-the-OneDrive-for-Business-Next-Generation-Sync-Client-in-Windows-615391c4-2bd3-4aae-a42a-858262e42a49?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
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