OneDrive Silent Account Config

Question

We are deploying new laptops to a non-technical field crew. We don't want them to have to type their email or click through the onboarding screens to activate OneDrive cloud backup. How do we configure the Silent Account Configuration policy so OneDrive signs in and pairs automatically based on their Windows login ?

Answer 1

Hello Sahil Soni,

To automate OneDrive deployment for your field team, enable the "Silently sign in users" policy via Group Policy or Intune, which requires devices to be Azure AD or Hybrid Azure AD joined. This policy sets the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive with a SilentAccountConfig value of 1, allowing the client to authenticate automatically using existing Windows credentials. This approach eliminates manual onboarding steps and can be paired with "Known Folder Move" to ensure seamless cloud backup upon user login.

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