How to disable Microsoft Cloud anything when using MS Office 365?

Question

Hi,

I am currently evaluating MS Office 365 for deployment of Office 2016 Mac for our small company (1-25 employees). I had a nice chat with Microsoft Support telling me that Office365 would be the best option for organized deployment with central management on my O365 admin account. 

I also asked specifically if I could remotely disable any use of cloud service (SharePoint or OneDrive) for people using their company installation of Office and it was confirmed. I disabled anything online/shrepoint/onedrive I could find on the admin portal.

However, the test installation resulted in "SharePoint" storage always as default option when saving documents and it was completely usable. 

How can I disable anything cloud for Office Installation?

Thank you for your kind help!

Cheers

Answer 1

Hi Cheers,

We are not able to remove these cloud services since you sign in with an Office 365 account. However, you can try the following steps to change the default location.

1. Open an Office application.
2. In the blue bar on the left side, click on Open.
3. You should see an On my Mac icon. Click on it.
4. Navigate to the folder you want to be your default.
5. Click the Cancel button.

Now when you use File>Open, it should open your chosen folder.

Thanks,

Ran

Answer 2

Hallo,

deine Frage habe ich in das Office Forum verschoben.

Da du dich in einem deutschen Forum befindest, solltest du dich der Landessprache bedienen.