Solved Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter
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@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@coliver said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
This is the script I am using. It works fairly well.
Oh my gosh, that script is HUGE. I'm not a software developer, but I'll see if I can read through it and put it to practice.
Thanks,
3365 lines of code to get a drive mapped on login, that's insanity. I've written entire programs in less than 1000 lines of code!
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What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible. -
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
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@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
I would be open to that option as long as it is just a shortcut pointing to OneDrive and not to a place on the server. Have any suggestions as to how to accomplish this?
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@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
You apparently cant do that either.
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@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
You apparently cant do that either.
What is the point?Well, now THAT would make it stupid. lol
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Just use NextCloud, keep it simple
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Ever consider using Junction points or Symbolic links?
https://helgeklein.com/blog/2015/02/manual-folder-redirection-with-symbolic-links/ -
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
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@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
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@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
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@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
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@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
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@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
As far as Exchange/SharePoint Online services, they have been fine for all of our clients.
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@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
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@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
Networked? Are you referring to WebDAV shares for a backend way to quickly access content, or do you actually mean OneDrive...?
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@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
WebDAV. Acts just like any mapped drive.
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@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
WebDAV. Acts just like any mapped drive.
That's what I started thinking, but that isn't focusing on OD/ODfB; that goes beyond a single client and focuses on central delivery. Used it for uploading/downloading unsupported file types in regards to SharePoint; couldn't upload to SharePoint, but WebDAV didn't balk.
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@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
WebDAV. Acts just like any mapped drive.
Yes, that has been the suggestion I have used and done for customers that want to use Sharepoint as a mapped drive...
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@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@nerdydad said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@brrabill said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@bbigford said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@scottalanmiller said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
@momurda said in Mapping OneDrive Business to a drive letter:
What is the point of OneDrive if you cant mount it as a drive letter easily?
Someone please explain. It seems absoultely horrible.Why woudl you want it as a drive letter? The drive letter is an old holdover that isn't very good. You can mount OneDrive as a folder which is better most of the time.
Assuming that OneDrive syncing actually works, which generally it is pretty poor.
I find OneDrive itself (the consumer one) works great.
ODfB, though ... LOOKOUT!
Hah, yeah that's the one I was speaking toward. Assumed that is what is being brought up here since it's for a business. I could be wrong though.
But yeah, ODfB... wow. I hear it's a little better but I've completely written it off as of late.
Besides Scott's problems, what issues are yall talking about? Honestly, we have had very little issues with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online over the course of 2-3 years.
Referring to OneDrive for Business syncing. Outside of SharePoint Online, speaking only to the ODfB syncing; it'll often just break for no apparent reason and stop syncing to workstations.
Not really concerned with syncing, but wanting to use it similarly to a networked drive on a hosted server instead of an on-prem server.
WebDAV. Acts just like any mapped drive.
That's what I started thinking, but that isn't focusing on OD/ODfB; that goes beyond a single client and focuses on central delivery. Used it for uploading/downloading unsupported file types in regards to SharePoint; couldn't upload to SharePoint, but WebDAV didn't balk.
Yeah, to the OS, WebDav looks just like SMB or NFS.
