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7,633 votes370 comments · OneDrive on Windows » Desktop (Sync, Files On-Demand) · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →
We don’t have a timeline yet but it’s still on our radar.
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As many others have said, missing this is a critical problem, because I have multiple computers and a slow Internet connection. Instead, I use local sync with Offline Files and Sync Center in Windows. That's the only we can rapidly sync multiple computers to a common network share. This one missing feature prevents me from moving myself and my company and clients over to most of the online features of Office 365. We still use O365, but not the cloud storage, because it's just too cumbersome to keep files synced between multiple devices on the same LAN. This is the single biggest hole in OneDrive's features for our team.
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Amazing this feature is not included. I use two desktops, a laptop, and a convertible tablet, all running Windows 10, except one running Windows 8.1. We only have 768k DSL, because that's all that's available here (w/o going to satellite with its data caps). With our limited Internet bandwidth, I am effectively prevented from using OneDrive on all but one computer (my main desktop). Otherwise, every change would trigger a cascade of Internet activity to all the other computers as they wastefully attempt to sync over the Internet. It would be great to have a LAN sync so that when I leave the house with the laptop or tablet, I can continue to have access to those files.
Please implement this!
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Doesn't Microsoft already support something like this with the new Windows Update that says it can get parts of updates from local computers, instead of downloading from Microsoft?
If there are folders or files synced with OneDrive on a computer on the LAN, OBVIOUSLY they should copy from there preferentially over using the relatively tiny WAN pipe, often less than 1Mbps for DSL users. For everyone with a desktop and a laptop computer, both with files on OneDrive, this would be a huge bandwidth and time saver.
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135 votes6 comments · OneDrive on Windows » Desktop (Sync, Files On-Demand) · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →
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Just to add to my original post: our work-around that we discovered after I posted this has been to add non-licensed accounts to our O365 tenant. This doesn't cost anything and gives users full access via the MS account in our tenant. It's not ideal, requires the user to have a second MS account which can be confusing for users compared with just letting them "Sync" and using their existing personal MS account, but it's a viable solution. Good enough that this is no longer our top concern with OneDrive (but would still love to have this feature working).
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Yes, this is a must. Note that this function is included even with the free DropBox access. It's in the core list of options on the left navigation, called "File Requests". Please add this capability!
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This appears to be the #1 requested open feature for OneDrive. It's critically important for me, both for work (OneDrive for Business) and for family (personal OneDrive). I use multiple computers at my house, but Internet bandwidth out here is too low to justify wasting it just to upload and then re-download files to multiple computers. If OneDrive would just be smart enough to sync via LAN when two or more computers connected to the same OneDrive account are also connected via LAN and have network access to each other (same workgroup/domain, same user account, etc.), then I could move my files to OneDrive and drop a whole bunch of clumsy manual steps.