Today, Microsoft announced improvements and new capabilities in its OneDrive for Business sync, browser and mobile experiences, as well as new IT controls for administrators. These include updates to the Next Generation Sync Client that was released in December 2015.
“OneDrive for Business has made significant progress in the last 6 months,” Microsoft corporate vice president Jeff Teper writes in a new post to the Office Blogs. “But we know there’s always more for us to do to improve the service.”
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So. There’s a lot of new stuff rolling out.
Looking at just the Next Generation Sync Client, we see the following changes:
Additionally, Microsoft is making the following improvements across other OneDrive for Business access points:
OneDrive for Business on the web. Now you can remove items from a shared list. (But you can still find them with search.) And the process for sharing with people outside your environment is being streamlined.
Android and iOS. Microsoft is integrating Outlook Mobile with OneDrive for Business, so you will be able to share files through email on both iOS and Android in the coming weeks. The OneDrive app for Android is picking up a richer sharing experience, a new PDF viewing and annotation experience, and an embedded Office Lens experience. And OneDrive for iOS is gaining a new, richer sharing experience, and Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy support.
There are also new IT controls coming and even some developer-oriented features. Arguably pretty big month for OneDrive for Business. You can learn more in this video overview.
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