Questions tagged [sync]
The process of standardizing a set of data between two or more sources, either uni-directional or multi-directional.
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Can we sync the whole SharePoint online communication site to our windows machine? or we need to do this one library by a time
We have a SharePoint online site named "DemoSite2023" that contains multiple libraries, such as:- now the only option i found to sync those libraries using OneDrive, is to go to each ...
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why we can not update a word document property of type managed metadata from "SharePoint Properties"
I have a SharePoint online document library , which contains custom content type and 2 custom columns as follow:- ChoiceOnly of type choice TermOnly of type managed metadata linked to a term set now ...
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Sync a single file instead of the whole library of the whole folder inside one drive desktop app
I know that i can sync a whole SharePoint library or the whole folder with one drive application. as follow, by going to a single folder or to the root folder and click on Sync:- but can i do this ...
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Correct date/time metadata for files on sharepoint based on file information from Word/Excel
Maybe someone has a good idea for the following problem. In our company, we just went through a take-over of our Microsoft 365 domain. During that process, all data from the old Sharepoint was ...
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Problem with OneNote and SPO sync,
I have a problem with OneNote and sync (and opening unsynced OneNote) with OneNote File stored in SharePoint Online. I receive this error: Microsoft OneNote We couldn't open that location.[OneNote ...
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How document's metadata/property sync behaves - SPO To MS Office Files (Word, Excel, PPT) and MS Office Files (Word, Excel, PPT) to SPO
I understood that metadata/property sync is bi-directional in the SharePoint library. Suppose title metadata is updated in the SharePoint Online library for a document. In that case, it automatically ...
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Synchronize a single file between a specific OneDrive folder and a specific SharePoint library
I have an existing SharePoint Library S which contains a certain File X. File X is edited frequently, but in a different location, namely in a certain, existing OneDrive Folder O. How can I keep the ...
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Two way Sync between SharePoint online and SharePoint 2019 document libraries
We have 2 SharePoint environments; SharePoint online and SharePoint on-prem 2019. Each environment contain 40 libraries. and we want to sync the 2 environments, so if a files got added,edited or ...
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Retrieving local path of a file hosted on SharePoint
I am actually at the end of my rope here, I'd really appreciate any insight however small. The scenario is as follows. My company hosts the majority of its data on SharePoint. For config management, ...
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Get list of people syncing from certain SharePoint site
I want to ask, is there a way for getting a list of folders that are synced in local machines for a specific SharePoint site?, with the accounts that did this syncing? Or can we get the syncing ...
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Syncing a SharePoint site's files with the OneDrive desktop client: using a personal Microsoft Account
Example scenario: Let's say we have a regular 365 tenant called "TenantCompany", that have a SharePoint Online site such as: https://tenantcompany.sharepoint.com/sites/OurCompanySite/ "...
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OneDrive syncing SharePoint sites: Remove redundant " - Documents" suffix from folder names
If you have a SharePoint site called: My Site Name ...and sync its "Documents" to your computer with OneDrive, it always calls the local folder: My Site Name - Documents The " - ...
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Across an entire SharePoint-Online/365 site: List all currently open documents + the users that have them open
I'm doing a large migration of about 150GB of files out of a single SharePoint Site (the default "Team Site" for the 365 tenant), and into separate smaller sites. I want to ensure that when ...
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OneDrive automatically unlinks synchronized SharePoint folders
We started using SharePoint Online, in combination with file management in Teams. For most users, completely working in an online SharePoint environment is not ideal, so some of their SharePoint-...
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Sync multiple Document folders from different sharepoint sites on PC
Is there an easier way to sync multiple document folders/library from different Sharepoint sites within my organisation's Sharepoint to my Windows explorer? Currently the only way I can see this can ...
