{"id":5938,"date":"2015-09-02T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:26:27","slug":"control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm","title":{"rendered":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the recently announced changes to Office 365 is the ability to better control OneDrive for Business. Specifically, it&#8217;s now possible to control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data from being copied to non-domain-joined PCs, based on a list of approved domains, as well as to change the storage limit for users (perhaps 1TB is just too much data and something more restrained might reduce the impact on your network). There are also some changes around the &#8220;Shared with Everyone&#8221; folder, which used to be created by default but isn&#8217;t anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The full details are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lJ51lx6UCL8\">an Office Mechanics video<\/a>, linked from <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.onedrive.com\/new-it-management-controls-added-to-onedrive-for-business\/\">a Microsoft blog post<\/a>\u00a0but I recently had the chance to try them out for real.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJ51lx6UCL8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Step 1 was to determine the ObjectGuid for each of the domains in my customer&#8217;s Active Directory Forest, using Active Directory PowerShell:<\/p>\n<p><code>$domains = (Get-ADForest).Domains; foreach($d in $domains) {Get-ADDomain -identity $d | Select ObjectGuid}<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Step 2 is to connect to Office 365 using PowerShell:<\/p>\n<p><code>$cred=Get-Credential<br \/>\nconnect-sposervice \u2013url https:\/\/tenantname-admin.sharepoint.com\/ \u2013credential $cred<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Step\u00a03 is to take the ObjectGuid from step 1 and use <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn917455.aspx\">the Set-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction cmdlet<\/a> to restrict synchronisation:<\/p>\n<p><code>Set-SPOTenantSyncClientRestriction -enable -DomainGuids \"a0083dbb-e136-4f48-a048-2ec3a4c40cab\"<\/code><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that, initially, this failed for me &#8211; <code>SetSPOTenantSyncClientRestriction<\/code> wasn&#8217;t a valid command in the version of the SharePoint Online Management Shell I had installed. I checked the version with <code>Get-Module -ListAvailable | Format-List version, name<\/code> and found I had version 15.0.4569.0 of Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell. After <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35588\">updating to the latest version<\/a>, I was at version 16.0.4316.0, which worked a treat:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TenantRestrictionEnabled AllowedDomainList<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>True {a0083dbb-e136-4f48-a048-2ec3a4c40cab}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn917455.aspx\">understand how the restrictions are enforced though<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not only will OneDrive for Business Sync client requests originating from a domain that is not on the safe recipients list be blocked but all OneDrive for Business Mac Sync client requests will be blocked. This also means that a sync relationship will not be established unless they are joined to an allowed domain.<\/li>\n<li>However:\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile clients are not blocked (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.onedrive.com\/new-it-management-controls-added-to-onedrive-for-business\/\">there are separate MDM controls for this<\/a>) and any files that have been previously been synced to the computer will not be deleted.<\/li>\n<li>New or existing files added to the client will still be uploaded to the server and will not be blocked.<\/li>\n<li>OneDrive for Business sync client prior to version 15.0.4693.1000 will stop syncing existing libraries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Controlling the storage quota was a little more tricky. I found that I could use <code>Get-SPOSite -Identity https:\/\/tenantname-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/firstname_lastname_tenantname_onmicrosoft_com<\/code> to view the properties of a users&#8217; OneDrive for Business site, but attempting to set the quota on the same site presented an error:<\/p>\n<p><code>Set-SPOSite -Identity https:\/\/tenantname-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/firstname_lastname_tenantname_onmicrosoft_com -StorageQuota 2048<\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Set-SPOSite : Cannot get site https:\/\/tenantname-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/firstname_lastname_tenantname_onmicrosoft_com.<br \/>\nAt line:1 char:1<br \/>\n+ Set-SPOSite -Identity<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/tenantname-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/firstname_lastname &#8230;<br \/>\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-SPOSite], ServerException<br \/>\n+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException,Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.SetSite<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t fixed that yet, so I&#8217;ll be returning to the topic again soon, no-doubt&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Post Script<\/h3>\n<p>There is a known issue with domain joined PCs failing to sync OneDrive for Business, even when added to a safe list,\u00a0which is fixed by the 12 May 2015 update for OneDrive for Business (see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/2986244\"><u>Microsoft knowledge base article 2986244<\/u><\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the recently announced changes to Office 365 is the ability to better control OneDrive for Business. Specifically, it&#8217;s now possible to control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data from being copied to non-domain-joined PCs, based on a list of approved domains, as well as to change the storage limit for users (perhaps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[217,593,93],"class_list":["post-5938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-office-365","tag-microsoft-onedrive-for-business","tag-sharepoint"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Microsoft Office 365\",\"Microsoft OneDrive for Business\",\"Microsoft SharePoint\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\",\"name\":\"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it","description":"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it","og_description":"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs","datePublished":"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm"},"wordCount":525,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Microsoft Office 365","Microsoft OneDrive for Business","Microsoft SharePoint"],"articleSection":["Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm","name":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-09-02T11:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-13T18:26:27+00:00","description":"Office 365 has new features to control OneDrive for Business syncing so that it will only synchronise data to PCs from an approved domains list","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/control-onedrive-for-business-syncing-to-prevent-data-copies-on-non-domain-joined-pcs.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Control OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6049,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/problems-setting-storage-quotas-in-onedrive-for-business-check-that-site-collection-storage-management-is-set-to-manual.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":0},"title":"Problems setting storage quotas in OneDrive for Business? Check that site collection storage management is set to manual!","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 22 September 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about controlling OneDrive for Business syncing to prevent data copies on non-domain-joined PCs. Since then, I've had to add a post script to highlight a known issue with domain joined PCs failing to sync OneDrive for Business, even when added to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"Office 365 (SharePoint Online) Site Collection Storage Management settings","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/o365-site-collection-storage-management.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/o365-site-collection-storage-management.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/o365-site-collection-storage-management.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5324,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/onedrive-for-business-lots-of-cloud-storage-terrible-sync-client.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":1},"title":"OneDrive for Business: lots of cloud storage; terrible sync client","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 4 September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been a Dropbox user for years but with Microsoft's\u00a0upgrade of OneDrive for Business (formerly Skydrive Pro) to include 1TB of storage for every Office 365 user, I decided to move the majority of my files to that platform. \u00a0I could pay for additional Dropbox storage but, frankly, why do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-upload-modified-date.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-upload-modified-date.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-upload-modified-date.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-upload-modified-date.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6242,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/troubleshooting-onedrive-business.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":2},"title":"Troubleshooting OneDrive for Business","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 26 November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written previously about the OneDrive for Business sync client - and I was pretty critical of it too. Since then, I've been working with OneDrive for Business every day on my work PC and it generally works well for me. \u00a0It's not all a bed of roses though. I've\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6246,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/recovering-data-onedrive-business-ate-onenote-notebooks.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":3},"title":"Recovering data after OneDrive for Business &#8220;ate&#8221; my OneNote notebooks&#8230;","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 27 November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I wrote about troubleshooting OneDrive for Business. What I didn't write about though was the problems that a simple repair to OneDrive for Business (acting on advice to\u00a0resolve some sync issues on my client) caused for me... The OneDrive for Business repair operation works as follows: Disconnects all libraries\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5698,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/the-onedrive-thats-really-two-drives.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":4},"title":"The OneDrive that&#8217;s really two drives&#8230;","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 1 July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamie Thomson and I have long since lamented the challenges of Microsoft's two directories for cloud services\u00a0and it doesn't stop there. Take a look at cloud storage: OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud-based storage offering, accessed with a Microsoft Account (formerly a Windows Live ID, or a Passport if you go back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/od4b-groove.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/od4b-groove.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/od4b-groove.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/od4b-groove.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6200,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-impact-of-microsofts-changes-to-onedrive-storage-quotas-on-office-365-plans.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5938,"position":5},"title":"The impact of Microsoft&#8217;s changes to OneDrive storage quotas on Office 365 plans","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 5 November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week, Microsoft announced some changes to its consumer cloud storage product,\u00a0OneDrive\u00a0(with more details in this FAQ). Microsoft Reneges on Unlimited OneDrive Storage Promise - https:\/\/t.co\/J9PUpkVeBj pic.twitter.com\/Oy2A8YcSH4 \u2014 Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) November 3, 2015 Whilst the\u00a0changes to OneDrive storage quotas are\u00a0disappointing for some users, that's\u00a0life - you don't get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-unlimited-roadmap.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-unlimited-roadmap.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/onedrive-business-unlimited-roadmap.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5938"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6183,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5938\/revisions\/6183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}