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Enable sync client to allow editable synching of team sites with mandatory metadata columns

As at 23rd Jan 2017 the newly relased One Drive for Business synch client enables synching of Team sites BUT if any libraries have mandatory meta data or require check out, the synched folder/library is read only. This cripples collaboration by teams on documents. This needs to be fixed

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  • Jordan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is the most annoying problem with SharePoint. I have recently set up libraries with required fields and it instantly locks my documents synced to my PC. What's the point.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any update? Very large customers are experiencing difficulty with this missing functionality that was once there with Groove. Thanks!

  • Ben commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any update on this? That's a big problem for us. This "issue" has to be solved urgently!

  • Ben commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any update on this? That's a big problem for us. This "issue" has to be solved urgently!

  • Benjamin Dunn commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please stop "thinking about it" and fix the problem. Syncing is useless without being able to edit the local files and have the changes synced to the server.

  • Martiza commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This was working fine with One Drive for business, what's the point of allowing a synch if it aint going to work!

  • Mark commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a nightmare and is truly crippling my approach to collaborating with my colleagues!!!

  • Rob commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    please allow sync library with checked out feature when working offline . Current it makes my library read only and I am unable to add docs and folders within the synced library itself.

  • DP commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It seems Microsoft is purposely locking this feature out to limit external traffic. With this approach, they don't have to implement block-level synchronization in OneDrive. It also stops RoboCopy "backup only" solutions from working through WebDAV. The problem with this particular approach is that the OneDrive app has various problems with its own operation, that have been reported through the Feedback hub and not yet fixed, and as a result, isn't reliable enough to trust 100%, meaning that with this limitation, is also now completely useless.

  • Martinus Hamers commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi,

    With the following sentence are you referring to the OneDrive library or the original library?

    "Any libraries meeting these conditions will be synced as Read Only so that users can't edit any files."

    I can confirm that for us the users that sync an online library with OneDrive can also not edit the original library files anymore. Check out is properly offered but the file stays in Read Only mode within the local application.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    That a perfectly good feature was removed is disappointing.
    That Microsoft has effectively abandoned this thread without any kind of update in over half a year is kind of shameful.

    "OneVoice is where customers can go to provide feedback", but it seems more like people yelling into a chasm for all the good it does. Certainly seems to have the same result.

    We're invested in SharePoint. We like Office 365. But if you are never going to return check-in/check-out functionality to the sync client just say so. This time waiting for a response and troubleshooting ever-more-convoluted sync client issues could have been spent researching document management solutions that *would* allow us to sync documents AND force a check-in/check-out/version control AND (heaven forbid) collaborate.

    I have no desire to migrate my company to something new. But what we've got right now isn't really working, and I've read nothing in the past 6 months that indicates the OneDrive for Business client (Groove.exe) is anything but deprecated.

    Am I frustrated? Yes. Am I venting? A little. But is it unreasonable to ask for an update 9 months after an issue was reported? I don't think it is.

    You can make a human life in 9 months. All I want is an update.

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