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Synch a folder between OneDrive Business and Personal Accounts

Anonymous
2020-12-19T05:00:16+00:00

Hi,

On my personal computer, I have two One Drive accounts: one for business and another personal account. My work computer has the business One Drive account only. I need to have one folder synched across both One Drive accounts, so that I can access it from my personal and work machines. I don't want to synch my entire personal One Drive account from my work machine, only one folder needs to be accessed from both accounts / machines.

Both work and personal machines run Windows 10.

Is this possible?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-19T07:47:55+00:00

    Hi AhmadOweis,

    Welcome to the Answers community.

    From your post, we understand you want to sync a folder stored in your personal OneDrive, on both, personal and work computer.

    From your personal OneDrive, you can share the folder to your OneDrive for business, this way you can access the shared folder in browser. I know you want to sync this shared folder to your local drive, so you can access it locally but with OneDrive for business, it doesn't work when users share by creating an Anyone link (also known as "anonymous access" link or "shareable" link*), or when the folder is shared from a Microsoft account or other personal account.***

    In this scenario, we have only one option i.e., sync your personal OneDrive account on your work computer. Since you want to sync only one folder, you can select that specific folder while deciding which item to sync. For this, on your work computer, right-click the OneDrive cloud icon (blue) on system tray, click Settings, select Accounts tab> Add an account. In the OneDrive set up prompt, enter your personal Microsoft account credentials, select the location and finish the set up.

    Once personal OneDrive starts to sync, it will show white cloud icon on your system tray, right-click on it, click Settings, select Accounts tab, click **Choose Folders,**uncheck the folders that you do not wish to sync, then click Ok. Now only one folder will sync that you have checked.

    If you need further help, let us know. Have a nice day and stay safe😊

    Regards,

    Neha

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-29T05:13:22+00:00

    Thank you for taking the time to reply to my request, and apologies for my delayed response.

    I tried the above solution but I faced another problem. When I synched my personal One Drive on my work machine, I selected the folders that I would like to appear in my work machine. However, the "Documents" folder located on my personal One Drive was automatically downloaded to my work machine, and I could not prevent this folder from being synched using One Drive settings. It seems that the Documents folder will by default be synched regardless of what other folders I choose.

    This is not suitable for me as I have some private documents in the personal "Documents" folder which I don't want to share with my work machine.

    One more catch that I didn't like, by setting up my personal One Drive on my work machine, I gave my organization's IT admins access to my personal One Drive. In theory, a network admin can open the personal One Drive settings, choose to synch my private folders and gain access to my entire personal life. I need my personal files to stay private and inaccessible to whomever has access to my work computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-22T06:56:32+00:00

    Hi AhmadOweis,

    Did you check the above reply? Please update us when you have time.

    Regards,

    Neha

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