Use OneDrive personal for Backup

Roger Halbheer 0

Hi All, based on the documentation, moving known folders to personal OneDrive accounts is blocked on domain-joined PCs. Is there a way to unblock this? I understand that I can block or enable sync for personal OneDrive but I would like to enable backup as well (there are a few use cases, wehre - in our environment - it would make sense). Thank you Roger

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Rick Braakman 15 Reputation points

2024-02-19T15:53:09.95+00:00

Moving known folders to personal OneDrive accounts is already blocked on domain-joined PCs. If you enable this setting, users aren't prompted with a window to protect their important folders, and the Manage backup command is disabled. If the users have already moved their known folders, the files in those folders will remain in OneDrive. To redirect the known folders back to the user's device, select No. This setting doesn't take effect if you've enabled Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive or Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive. If you disable or don't configure this setting, users can choose to move their known folders. Enabling this policy sets the following registry key value to 1: [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive]"KFMBlockOptIn"=dword:00000001 To redirect the known folders back to the user's device and enable this policy, set the following registry key value to 2: [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive]"KFMBlockOptIn"=dword:00000002
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Roger Halbheer 0 Reputation points

2024-02-19T16:22:35.8466667+00:00

Thank you for your feedback. My understanding is, that this would move it. I would just like to be able to manually move the folders. Am I wrong?
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Rick Braakman 15 Reputation points

2024-02-20T09:18:30.4966667+00:00

To allow users to move their known folders to their personal OneDrive accounts, you can follow these steps:

Group Policy Method:

Install the OneDrive sync app for Windows on the domain-joined PCs.

Copy the .adml and .admx files from the sync app installation folder to your domain’s Central Store.

Configure the desired settings using Group Policy (GPOs).

Link the GPOs to an Active Directory container (site, domain, or organizational unit).

Use security filtering to narrow the scope of the policy’s application.

The relevant GPOs include:
- **Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive**: This prompts users to move their known folders. - **[Prevent users from moving their Windows known folder to OneDrive](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/use-group-policy)**[: If you enable this setting, users won’t be prompted to protect their important folders, and the “Manage backup” command will be disabled](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/use-group-policy)[1](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/use-group-policy).

Registry Method:

You can also modify the registry directly. For example, you can set the following registry key to allow users to move their known folders:

HKCU > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > Explorer > DisablePersonalDirChange = 02.

Remember that these changes affect the registry keys on the computers in your domain. Once configured, set the settings to “Enabled” or “Disabled” as needed 1. Choose the method that best suits your environment and organizational requirements. 🌟

Jiajing Hua-MFST 5,070 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-02-22T06:41:11.89+00:00

Hi @Roger Halbheer

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Roger Halbheer 0 Reputation points

2024-02-22T15:57:06.8533333+00:00

I tried it (the registry version as I am managing the devices with Intune) with no success. The solution I run at the moment is just to redirect e.g. the Document path to OneDrive. This works
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