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Now we are in a transition phase. These days we have three different clients for synchronization. And we also have to look for the operating system of the clients, sometimes we have one, sometimes two different sync-clients. And more often the users do not know, where they have to start the sync process.

This description is only for Office 365!

Client OS?, Yes that’s very important, And I have published a blog post here and here.

So here the description, if you have Windows 7, Windows 8.0, Windows 10 or MAC OS:

the arrows show, where you have to initiate the sync process.

SharePoint Team Sites and Groups	OneDrive for Business and OneDrive
You should start the sync, after you have navigate with your browser to the document library, which you want to sync. Click on the sync button (From the Cloud –> to your device)	Here you click the right mouse button on the cloud symbol in the infobar and choose settings. The click on “add a business account” (From device to the Cloud)

You have installed  Windows 8.1

You have to wait till end of march 2016, until the NGSC is available for this operating system

the arrows show, where you initiate the sync process.

SharePoint Team Sites, Groups and OneDrive for Business	OneDrive (Personal)
You should start the sync, after you have navigate with your browser to the document library, which you want to sync. Click on the sync button (From the Cloud –> to your device)	Here you click the right mouse button on the cloud symbol in the infobar and choose settings. The click on “add an account” (From device to the Cloud)

Conclusion:

You see, that starting to sync to the cloud from the device is the best solution. That will work very well, because

But we see, there is also a long way for Microsoft, to establish access to SharePoint Team Sites and Groups. And it’s not so easy, to establish a way, to navigate from your client to the right position , where your document library exist on your tenant. But let us surprise.

Here are some links to four Articles about OneDrive for Business on Microsoft Technet Austria. This content, written in German language (you may translate it with Bing or Google) comes from my MVP colleagues Martina Grom and Toni Pohl.

OneDrive for Business nutzen – Teil 1
OneDrive for Business nutzen – Teil 2 (Sync)
OneDrive for Business nutzen – Teil 3 (Sharing)
OneDrive for Business nutzen – Teil 4 (Usage)