You’re all set and the new client has been successfully installed. The Windows Taskbar will show the sync client icon and status of the sync. Click on Open my OneDrive to go to your local folder. Select the folder that you want to sync locally and click next.Īt this stage, the configuration is complete. Sign in and configure the folder location (optional). This time it will show the Sign in with your work or school account option. In order to sign in to your OneDrive for Business account associated with your Office 365 subscription, follow the instructions in step 2.Įxtract the Deployment Package, open DefaultToBusinessFRE.reg and then open EnableAddAccount.regĪfter importing the registry keys, you will need to open the sync client from the windows start menu. This is your personal OneDrive associated with your Microsoft account. The OneDrive accessed with your Microsoft account (such as MSM.com and ) is NOT OneDrive for Business, part of Office 365.
At this stage, the client only shows the Sign in with Your Microsoft account option.
Installation and Setup Step 1ĭownload and install the new OneDrive for Business sync client.Īfter the client is installed, you’ll see the following screen. Note that the New Sync client will work side–by-side with the existing sync client.
This blog post highlights some of the new features (and things to be aware of) of the OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client, and provides instructions on how to install the newly released client. Microsoft has recently made lots of improvement to the client that syncs files between your local computer and your remote cloud-hosted OneDrive for Business folder. As part of Office 365 or SharePoint Server 2013, OneDrive for Business lets you and your team members update, share and collaborate on any of your Office documents from anywhere, on virtually any device. You might want to move any folders you already have on SkyDrive to the Documents and Pictures folders on SkyDrive to make them easier to work with in your apps.OneDrive for Business is a cloud service from Microsoft designed for you to store, sync, and share your work files.
To make sure that the files you want are available offline on your PC, use the steps earlier in this topic to make items available offline.
To make sure that the files you want are available offline on your PC regardless of where you create them, use the steps earlier in this topic to make items available offline. Anything you add to SkyDrive from another location will be online-only by default.
Files you upload this way can be up to 2 GB in size. To upload files to OneDrive automatically, just copy or move the files to your OneDrive folder using File Explorer, or save them in your OneDrive folder from a program. You could also fetch files (if turned on) on your PC from any computer on If you add, change, or delete a file or folder on, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted in your OneDrive folder on your PC and vice versa. This folder is kept in sync with your online OneDrive. When you install and setup the OneDrive desktop app on a Windows PC, a copy of your OneDrive is downloaded to your PC and put in the "OneDrive" folder. Store any file on OneDrive and it's automatically available to access or share from any device. OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to.