OneDrive - Check which folders are synced inside the organization

Sim1S 106 Reputation points
2022-07-11T14:24:54.71+00:00

Hello everyone,

As the title says, is there a way to check which directories are currently synced on users' OneDrive throughout the organization?
And if not, is there a way to force a specific path (the desktop, in this case) to be synced for all users?

"Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC" group policy settings is out of the question.
"Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive" is enabled for all users, but users can still deselect some of the folders.

I'd like to be sure that all users have their desktop synced on OneDrive, but as for now I cannot find a report or dashboard that can confirm so.
Please let me know whether you need more information.

Best regards,
Sim

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,711 Reputation points
    2022-07-12T02:26:10.033+00:00

    Hi @Sim1S

    > And if not, is there a way to force a specific path (the desktop, in this case) to be synced for all users?

    Currently, we are unable to force synchronization of a particular folder to OneDrive for each user.

    Although you said "Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC" group policy settings is out of the question, but based on my knowledge, if this policy and "Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive" are enabled together, Windows known folders which includes the Desktop folder will be synced to OneDrive, and unable to cancel synchronization.

    For more, please refer to "Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive".

    > I'd like to be sure that all users have their desktop synced on OneDrive, but as for now I cannot find a report or dashboard that can confirm so.

    Admins can gain access to the OneDrive files and folders of active users when necessary via Microsoft 365 Admin Center, users can export some OneDrive folder lists for themselves via PowerShell commands.

    But I do not find the way let admins bulk export folders that synced to OneDrive for each user.
    The "Sync admin reports - bulk data export" may be helpful, but it is not released now.


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