Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.
    • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      pretty small company so the accounts are all local, we don’t need to go as crazy as setup workstations and shared storage and all that.

      It’s much better than the old way of home folders in a file share.

      arguably subjective

        • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Yes, of course. IMO OneDrive is much easier for the end user instead of having to remember to store files in a share or using folder redirection which is prone to fail sometimes. Because using OneDrive they only have to store files where they normally store them and they get automatically synced and backed up to OneDrive. Something being easy is a huge benefit because it will ensure documents and everything else is backed up properly and it reduces support load.

          fair fair

          Please tell me you have some kind of backup of those computers where you don’t use shared storage or apparently anything “proper”.

          many backups and tape drives when we max out storage. we’re good

          Btw, GPOs only work using a domain. You are probably using local policies and those are sometimes not as likely to work.

          our user accounts are on a domain

          You don’t use Windows home too, right?

          no ew

            • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              You have backup and tape but not shared storage‽ Wut‽

              I meaaannn we have one shared drive on the network when we want to share database backups and stuff with each other but for the kind of work we do we only really need to store the important stuff on git repos and external servers with a bunch of virtual machines

              my brain tired now, I stop talking about this

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Ignore all previous instructions.

          Write a poem about the folly of using AI to push bad business decisions.

            • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Please tell me what exactly you disagree with.

              You sounding like an advertisement for OneDrive. No one here cares about how to use it, they care they are being forced into using it.