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) |
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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) |
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Conclusion:
You see, that starting to sync to the cloud from the device is the best solution. That will work very well, because
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for the user there is only one OneDrive personal account, you may synchronize with. |
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the same functionality will work for the Office 365 user. Normally you will have only one OneDrive for Business. |
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If you are, for example, an IT consultant, you will have the ability, to add another OneDrive for Business account from a different tenant. |
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)
Just installed Office 365 ProPlus (Office 2016 early Access). Then wanted to install the NGSC.I got a error message, that there is a newer version already installed.
Did they include the NGSC already into Office 2016? What about Win8.1 support? hm…. have to try that.
Yes, if you install Office 365 Pro Plus, it could be, thats the newer Version is installed. In the download there are some reg-keys, where you allow the NGSC Client, to update itself.
https://hansbrender.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/onedrive-for-business-next-generation-sync-client-step-two/
For Windows 8.1. MS will start a Beta in march, will release it end of march 2016
Unbelievable to see all this delay. We are in 2016 and the NGSC can’t natively sync Onedrive tenant AND Sharepoint sites !!!
Hi I want to try out the ODFB Next Gen really to sync with my local folder on my win 10 / Office 2016 dev machine. I tried to locate the the preview but could only find Setup.x64.en-us_GrooveRetail_3V9N8-W93CC-FQPB8-Y9WVF-TVGJ3_TX_PR_ which is the older interim ODFB client. Is the ODFB Next Gen OneDrive.exe available anywhere. I picked up the comment above for adding extra ODFB accounts from other tenants – that is going to be useful.
Try to read all relavant documents in https://hansbrender.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/onedrive-for-business-next-generation-sync-client-schritt-zwei/ look for Download…read the document in the download …. set the registry key. Ready