{"id":7930,"date":"2016-11-06T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/brainlitter\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2016-11-06T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T23:31:00","slug":"disabling-syncing-sharepoint-libraries-onedrive-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2016\/11\/06\/disabling-syncing-sharepoint-libraries-onedrive-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabling Syncing of SharePoint Libraries with OneDrive for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a little surprised to not find a simple overview of how one would disable Syncing (at the library or site level) of files between SharePoint and OneDrive for Business.\u00a0 Particularly right now while there is a gap between what SharePoint can do and what the OneDrive for Business Next Generation client can do (background: the new OneDrive for Business &#8220;Next Generation&#8221; client only syncs OneDrive for Business libraries. This functionality is in Preview and working but it doesn&#8217;t go live until December 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the above stated &#8220;gap&#8221; while the OneDrive for Business team puts the finishing touches on their client and distributes it, sometimes we just don&#8217;t want a library to be synced offline anyways.\u00a0 Perhaps we don&#8217;t want files offline for security reasons or we want to avoid &#8220;Last Writer Wins&#8221; scenarios where two folks edit offline at the same time and one of the synced items thus ends up as part of version history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enough of the background, just give me the goods!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What do you mean by syncing?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m referring to clicking this button in your SharePoint libraries (note, I used a screenshot of the newer Library experience so this post doesn&#8217;t look really dated so quickly &#8230; but trust that this applies to any library with a Sync button).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Sync-Button.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Sync-Button.png?resize=300%2C140\" alt=\"Sync in SharePoint libraries\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Sync-Button.png?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Sync-Button.png?w=581&amp;ssl=1 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How to turn it off for just a library<\/h2>\n<p>If you just want to control this setting at the library itself, simply go into Advanced Settings and choose &#8220;No&#8221; for &#8220;Offline Client Availability&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Library-Settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Library-Settings.png?resize=252%2C211\" alt=\"Library Advanced Settings\" width=\"252\" height=\"211\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-for-a-library.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-for-a-library.png?resize=568%2C110\" alt=\"Disable Sync in a SharePoint Library\" width=\"568\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-for-a-library.png?w=568&amp;ssl=1 568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-for-a-library.png?resize=300%2C58&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How to turn it off for the entire site<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to disable it across your site, the setting isn&#8217;t in the most obvious of places (under the heading of &#8220;Search&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Go to Site Settings, and look for &#8220;Search and Offline Availability&#8221;. In there you will find the option again to choose &#8220;No&#8221; to Offline Client Availability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Site-Settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Site-Settings.png?resize=199%2C196\" alt=\"Search and Offline Availability\" width=\"199\" height=\"196\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7935 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png?resize=1024%2C372\" alt=\"Disable sync for entire site\" width=\"1024\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png?resize=1024%2C372&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png?resize=768%2C279&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Disable-sync-for-site-offline.png?w=1183&amp;ssl=1 1183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a little surprised to not find a simple overview of how one would disable Syncing (at the library or site level) of files between SharePoint and OneDrive for Business.\u00a0 Particularly right now while there is a gap between what SharePoint can do and what the OneDrive for Business Next Generation client can do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2016\/11\/06\/disabling-syncing-sharepoint-libraries-onedrive-business\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[10,14,194,165],"tags":[207,54,30,210],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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