Co-authoring O365 documents stored on a network drive

Question

Is it possible to work on the same Office 365 document located on a network drive? Our company frequently uses network drives to store office documents and other data. There is the possibility to co-author documents stored on Sharepoint, so I'm wondering if there is a way to work on the same document located on a network drive accessed through a full UNC path or mapped drive.

Answer 1

Hi Maljaars, Nico,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Co-authoring Office 365 documents works best with OneDrive, SharePoint Online, and other cloud-based solutions because these platforms are designed to support real-time collaboration. Unfortunately, co-authoring features are not fully supported for documents stored on traditional network drives accessed via UNC paths or mapped drives.

When documents are stored on a network drive, you might be able to edit them sequentially, but not simultaneously. This is because network drives lack the collaborative features and conflict resolution mechanisms built into cloud services.

Here is a post with similar requirements for your reference:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/co-authoring-excel-spreadsheet-in-365-on-shared/ea0dd89a-c953-476d-a882-1b214096de34

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best regards

Zunhui

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