Redirecting your user folder to onedrive in your 356 enviorment provides ensurance that files wont be lost if a machine is lost , broken or any other situations .
The functionality is called : known folders
From a file governance perspective , we also can control using the admin governance center what files are being shared from the usual folders as Desktop , Downloads or documents
Combining retention policies & an external backup with this setting, ensures files are never lost from any computer on the known folders.
Requirements:
- Upgrade your Windows Devices to the last available build
- Computers enrolled in Intune
- Limit the sync interval if there is users with big profiles: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/use-group-policy#limit-the-sync-app-upload-rate-to-a-percentage-of-throughput
The approach
Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive
We are going to use this setting , in order to move the files with no user interaction
MS recommendation about volume of migrations:
Setting the configuration profile in Intune
Create a Configuration profile and assign to the desired group of machines as administrative templates
In configuration settings enable the following options:
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