OneDrive for Business - Windows 10

[garethEds]

Evening all,

 

Can anyone confirm that I can use OneDrive for Business on Windows 10 to simply see files stored in the cloud and not sync/download them. Using the OneDrive window as a normal filer window but not downloading?

 

A sort of mapped drive - but using the OneDrive app, or inbuilt OneDrive functionality in Windows 10?

 

Cannot find the setting at all - I'm sure it was 'Make Online Only'

 

Cheers

 

Gareth

[Bob_the_Goon]

I don't think that placeholders are available. Apparently MS are going to bring this feature back. I think it is going to be with the Redstone 2 build due in early 2017. I may be wrong with the timing though as it's hard to keep track of all of this stuff...

[Arthur]

Cannot find the setting at all

You'll need to wait until at least March 2017 for the "On-demand Sync" feature.

 

Edited October 17, 2016 by Arthur

[garethEds]

Thanks guys - but I'm almost sure it has been there before when using the standard consumer edition of OneDrive on Windows 7 (at home). Have they removed it? It's annoying not having it on my 128Gb Surface. I suppose I could use the OneDrive mapper script.

[Bob_the_Goon]

Yes they removed it about a year ago. It caused uproar at the time.