Tuesday, December 29, 2015

OneDrive for Business

So Microsoft is releasing the new and improved OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client (OneDrive.exe), but you have to transition from the old client (groove.exe):

"There currently is no automated, in-place takeover or migration of content from the existing OneDrive for Business sync client to the new OneDrive for Business sync client. So we recommend the following steps for users to complete this transition:
  • Stop OneDrive site sync on the existing OneDrive for Business sync client
  • Rename the local folder previously created by the existing OneDrive for Business sync client
  • Set up the new OneDrive for Business sync client to sync to a new local folder"
And, as OneDrive for Business is for the enterprise, you don't so much install the new client as deploy it:

"There are three steps in this process that an IT administrator needs to understand:
  1. Add the configuration registry keys to each computer.
  2. Deploy OneDrive.exe by running the installer (OneDriveSetup.exe) with the /silent command line parameter.
  3. Run OneDrive.exe with desired command line parameters to launch the process."
It is a quiet week at work. Maybe I should give it a whirl.

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