Only syncing Sharepoint in one direction?

Question

Curious... can you have Sharepoint only download/sync files in one direction?   

For meetings, pre-reads are posted by several authors on a Sharepoint site and I want to 'edit and take notes' only for myself (and not have to print out a copy).  I currently copy the files to my own personal Sharepoint site, but then if additional files are added, I have to repeat the process.  Is there a way to link the two file folders so that only files that are added to the Sharepoint site are synced to my private Sharepoint site, but any changes I make aren't uploaded back?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Dear FBHeyde,

You may use Microsoft Flow as follows to do that. You can use the Copy files between OneDrive for Business and SharePoint flow template and then edit the template as follows. When adding a new file in a folder in a site library in a shared site in SharePoint Online, the newly added file will be copied to a folder in the OneDrive for Business site.

 

 

If you have more advanced requirements, you may need to edit the code in the flow. We have a dedicated forum Microsoft Flow Community for the Microsoft Flow related issues and questions, I suggest you post a new thread there for further help if you have some advanced requirements.

Best Regards,

Cliff