Student storage, what options do i have?

[arjanver]

Hi,

 

Students have now homefolders with about 500MB storage.

We use Windows 10 1709 for now and use mandatory profiles.

Most students use shared computers inside classrooms. Only some classes have byod devices which has not this issue.

 

I'm thinking to use Onedrive for storage. But i don't want to sync to local pc or to file servers.

I've read something about "Redirect Windows known folders to OneDrive", but seems not working with mandatory profiles.

 

I'm wondering if someone else also have this or have a solution or suggestions how to get allong with storage for students.

 

Thanks for reading and looking forward to tips and suggestions.

[ColinP]

if you upgrade to 1803 you can use gpo to set it as cloud storage and just use the onedirve icon in the folder list... this is how we are going ( make sure you use the built in one drive not one dive bundled with office)

[arjanver]

if you upgrade to 1803 you can use gpo to set it as cloud storage and just use the onedirve icon in the folder list... this is how we are going ( make sure you use the built in one drive not one dive bundled with office)

 

To which gpo setting are you referring?

[ColinP]

you need to have 1803 admx files

Enable OneDrive Files On-Demand - Enabled

Silently configure OneDrive using the primary Windows account - Enabled

[arjanver]

But what type of userprofiles do you use?

[ColinP]

we have local profiles with desktop and folder redirection

[arjanver]

we have local profiles with desktop and folder redirection

 

okay, but students logging-on on different computers everyday is not ideal (long logon times)?

[synaesthesia]

if you upgrade to 1803 you can use gpo to set it as cloud storage and just use the onedirve icon in the folder list... this is how we are going ( make sure you use the built in one drive not one dive bundled with office)

 

This works in 1709 also.

[ColinP]

okay, but students logging-on on different computers everyday is not ideal (long logon times)?

 

each machine is numberd they use the same machine each time, after 1st logon its just a few seconds

[arjanver]

was affrfaid of that. is not an option for us.

[gshaw]

@arjanver you can run a script on Logoff that will clear the OneDrive cache so disk space use doesn't build up.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/gshaw0.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/onedrive-files-on-demand-first-steps/amp/

[mjk]

I'm thinking to use Onedrive for storage. But i don't want to sync to local pc or to file servers.

I've read something about "Redirect Windows known folders to OneDrive", but seems not working with mandatory profiles.

Take a look at Google Drive File Stream. It is free and truly unlimited. It also doesn't waste bandwidth by syncing all the files down to each client when the user logs in because it only uses links and caches files that are already downloaded - so it is really quite efficient.

Users access it exactly as a shared drive. You can setup shared team drives as well as individual drives too.