Version history control for OneDrive for Business

Question

Hello there,

i would like to set the onedrive settings down from 500 versions (Default) to 20, because of Backup purposes.

how do i configure that in bulk (2000 users) are using ondrive as of now.

Answer 1

Hi Azanzane,

You may bulk change the versioning settings by PowerShell. First, you may close the default minimum version number setting by the following command:

Set-SPOTenant -EnableMinimumVersionRequirement $false

Then you may refer to the PowerShell codes in the following site:

Limit Versioning and Delete Old Versions in SharePoint

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$SPsiteCollection = Get-SPSite "http://SharePointSite.com"

Loop through all Webs in the Site Collection

foreach($SPweb in $SPsiteCollection.AllWebs)

{

#loop through all lists in web

foreach ($SPlist in $SPweb.Lists)

{

if($SPlist.EnableVersioning -eq $true)

{

write-host "Setting versioning Limit for :" $SPlist.title

$SPlist.MajorVersionLimit = 20;

To Disable Versioning use: $SPlist.EnableVersioning=$false

To Enable Minorversion: $SPlist.EnableMinorVersions = $true;

Minor version Limit: $SPlist.MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit = 20;

$SPlist.Update();

}

}

}

Please let us know if you have any further concerns.

Best Regards,

Nathan

Answer 2

Thank you Nathan, i will try this and confirm.

Answer 3

Hi Azanzane,

Please feel free to post back if there is any update or if you have any question in the process of changing the versioning limit. 

Best Regards,

Nathan

Answer 4

Hi Azanzane,

May I know if you have tried my suggestion to change versioning limit from your OneDrive for Business sites? Please come bake and share with us if there is any updates.

Best Regards,

Nathan

Answer 5

Hello Nathan,

No i haven't gotten to it yet. we will be doing that by next week and i will keep you posted for sure

regards,