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Document Connection missing from Office 2016 Preview

Anonymous
2015-03-10T15:29:17+00:00

I noticed that Document Connection is missing from Office 2016 Preview. I know that Word, Excel, Powerpoint can now access Sharepoint. But using Document Connection one can access all files on a shared library in SharePoint.

Is this going to be included again?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-31T16:09:39+00:00

    I have a Mac and upgraded to Office 2016 and find that it works great with our Sharepoint site.  Here are the steps:

    • open Excel (or Word, etc)
    • File -> Open...
    • On the left tab, you will see "New - Recent - Open" -> click Open
    • Click the + symbol in the bottom of the first column
    • Click Sharepoint -> paste the link to your Documents library folder in Sharepoint
    • Login to Sharepoint in the pop-up window

    You will then see it update your folders and you will have the ability to open, edit, save, check-in, check-out documents without having to access your Sharepoint documents from a browser.

    Hope this helps all the rest of the Mac users out there.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-10T18:50:16+00:00

    Document Connection is not required anymore with the introduction of Office 2016 preview, As you that Word, Excel and PowerPoint should be able to connect to the Shared library as well. However there is no update on the same as its still in preview.

    You may consider sending feedback to Microsoft by clicking on the smile in any of the office applications.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-11-18T14:19:03+00:00

    I use ExpanDrive, has support for Sharepoint Online. Sharepoint on-prem can be mounted as WebDav. They have a trial version.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-09-07T15:51:38+00:00

    Hi guys,

    my point: Document Connection 2011 not needed anymore. The job is now done by Safari better than ever before:

    Excel 2016 works great w/o 2011 Document Connection. When navigating SharePoint with Safari and opening an Excel document it is automatically checked out so you can make your changes. When saving all changes are stored back onto SharePoint just as you would have done with Document Connection 2011 previously.

    The great difference: you need one app less. 

    good job Microsoft.

    reg,

    wolf

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-03-12T03:00:53+00:00

    Understood, but not all files on Sharepoint are Office file.

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