How to block company data sync to google drive,iDrive,Dropbox

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How to block company data sync to google drive,iDrive,Dropbox

Rocky Mondal 106

Hi,
We are using Intune for MDM/MAM and windows10/11 clients are joined to Azure AD and Intune.
Standard user can install Google drive and dropbox in laptop and user can sync and upload company his company data. We want to block these 3rd party cloud storage apps in client computers,

Please suggest how to block any 3rd party cloud storage apps to install and sync data in windows-10/11 through Intune/Azure AD policy. We only allow Onedrive for store company data.

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Jason Sandys 31,411 Microsoft Employee Moderator

There are no controls built into Windows to control this as these are third party services and thus there's nothing in Intune either (as Intune is simply a policy engine for the various managed platforms and doesn't add capabilities to the underlying platform).

Having said that, there are steps you can take including the following (there may be others as well):

Block the traffic at a network level using a firewall or proxy
Block the installation of the clients using AppLocker or WDAC
Use Defender for Cloud Apps: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/protect-dropbox

Marek Giesen 0 Reputation points

2024-01-24T15:26:19.7333333+00:00

@Jason Sandys
We are facing the same challenge. We absolutely want to avoid being able to connect to the private Google Drive and Dropbox accounts on Android and iOS devices. Surely this should be possible? Defender ATP only works for business accounts, if I've done the research correctly.
Jason Sandys 31,411 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2024-01-24T16:04:14.51+00:00

Hi Marek. This thread was specific to Windows and not iOS and Android. For those device types, there are built-in controls for some of this functionality and/or the installation or use of these services and apps if the device is managed. You can also use MAM to block corporate data from being sent to non-corporate locations.

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