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Option to password-protect folders in OneDrive for added security

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Sheldon shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
working on it  ·  AdminRyan Hoge (Group Program Manager, Microsoft) responded  · 

Last week we announced a new feature called Personal Vault that will be available soon for OneDrive consumer accounts. See this blog post for more details.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/06/25/onedrive-personal-vault-added-security-onedrive-additional-storage/

We have no plans to bring Personal Vault to our Commercial customers at this time, but continue to make investments in advanced security features that are unique to the Commercial service.

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  • A. Bruno Medrado commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Compartilho o meu Onedrive com outras pessoas do escritório, por isso gostaria que houvesse a possibilidade de criptografar (incluir uma senha) em uma pasta específica, de forma a poder guardar arquivos de cunho pessoal.
    No entanto, o sistema não permite essa opção, o que já é comum em serviços como Evernote.
    Obrigado e abraços

  • Kim S commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the ability to have a password protected file in the same folder as a standard file accessible by link. Rather odd that this is not already an option.

  • Colin Campbell commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is on the verge of being a deal breaker for my company. In the next tech meeting I'll be advocating that we unilaterally move away from OneDrive until this feature is added.

  • Brian Droze commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The response of "We're looking at it" is from 2017 it is now 2019 and almost 2 years since. What is the status?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is definitely something that should be done as it will add additional security to protect people's documents.

  • Cdog commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I also cannot believe in this day in age this is not available. It seems negligent in this age of cybercrime.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We would like this option added. This would help keep our documents secure in case a device is compromised.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    4 years later and we still want this ... new to OneDrive and can't believe it's not an option!!

  • Robert Lender commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Microsoft/Douglas Pearce ,

    Your OneDrive UserVoice intro states "While we can’t guarantee any specific features or timelines, we will respond to every suggestion that gets at least 500 votes."

    Given that the only response I can find was "Thanks for the suggestion. We're looking at it" and this was over 2 years ago, I can only presume that your intro statement is only meant to pacify your users (might I remind you that these users are also responsible for you having a job and we can go elsewhere - if many have not already done so), especially given the tepid "response" by Microsoft to this suggestion.

    This suggestion appears to have FAR AND AWAY the most votes of any suggestion on this forum, yet it appears that all of us who cared enough comment are essentially being ignored.

    Remember, we cared enough to comment and (so far) stay. Imagine how many users simply realized this feature did not exist and just stopped using the service for a competitor's product.

    Your products are supposed to be designed for the users, NOT MS engineers. If the users cannot get the features we want, we will go elsewhere for them.

    Just food for thought.

  • Andy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello Microsoft (or Douglas Pearce), looks like you have been thinking since March 2017, for 2+ years, to add password to shared files in OneDrive. All other cloud storage sites provide this capability. When are you implementing this or do we need to switch to who provides that capability?

  • first khan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello Microsoft (or Douglas Pearce), looks like you have been thinking since March 2017, for 2+ years, to add password to shared files in OneDrive. All other cloud storage sites provide this capability. When are you implementing this or do we need to switch to who provides that capability?

  • Paul commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We need the ability to password protect folders. In my business i want my people to have access to the one drive folder with some exceptions to certain folders. It's a real bummer that you don't have this feature.

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