Office 365 News – OneDrive for Business now supports 10GB files and much more

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Short story: The OneDrive for Business improvements are here!

This was promised to us a long time ago, and it has now finally come to be. At the same time, the 20.000 file limit from before has also been removed (Improved)
Here is the proof:

The file was in addition, uploaded using the new OneDrive sync client!
(Dropped the file in the local cache and let the sync do its stuff)

The OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client is available for Windows 7, 8 and 10 (8.1 support will be added in the first quarter of 2016) and Mac OS X 10.9 and above.
Storage, rolling out is an increase from 1TB to 5TB, upon request, more will be made available until unlimited is achieved? (Valid for: Enterprise E3, E4 and E5, Government E3, E4 and E5, Education, OneDrive for Business Plan 2 and SharePoint Online Plan 2)
10GB filesize limit
No more 20.000 file limit
!! With this first release of several, the Next Generation Sync Client supports OneDrive for Business only, but we will add support for SharePoint document libraries in future releases. (This is the best news in a long time)
In the interim, if customers require sync for both OneDrive for Business and SharePoint document libraries, the Next Generation Sync Client is designed to work side-by-side with the existing sync client.
the OneDrive for iOS app will support offline storage. You can selectively flag files for local availability and open them when disconnected
For developers: https://dev.onedrive.com/ (OneDrive developer portal)

References:

Read the official story on the Office 365 blog about the (then upcoming) news here:

OneDrive for Business update on storage plans and Next Generation Sync Client
https://blogs.office.com/2015/12/16/onedrive-for-business-update-on-storage-plans-and-next-generation-sync-client/

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Office 365 support for older Apple iOS devices degraded

(I never saw this logo ending up in my blog…)

Office 365 experience on iOS7 devices is changing

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In case you have not seen this small note, it may not affect a lot of people but for those of you out there on older iOS devices or that supports those units in your organizations, it may be important.

Details (Official Microsoft statement):
Microsoft are making some changes to the Office apps on iOS 7 devices. Beginning when Apple releases iOS 9, they will release updates to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that will only work on iOS 8 and above. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote will no longer receive updates on iOS 7, but will continue to function with a degrading experience over time.
Microsoft strongly suggest communicating to your end users and recommend upgrading to iOS 8 or above.

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Credits

Myself, I get all the credit this time! 🙂

References

Did not find this statement at any official sites, this was announced in the Office 365 Message Center

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Skydrive Pro availability and functionality chart

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Wow! Skydrive Pro, what a great invention! (I know, It has been out there for a while already…)
I assume that you all know what Skydrive Pro is all about, but to just real short sum it up, SkyDrive Pro is:
A client application that allows a user to keep files synchronized between his device and his online SharePoint document library.

Now, the thing is, that apparently, you are not really supposed to run Skydrive pro unless you with that mean to it against anything but Office365…seems like this was meant to be but is slowly turning toward not meant to be…
I do realize that Office 365 is the future for Microsoft, but when such a great feature is available, and it must be a rather easy task to get the functionality dynamic so that you can connect to any webfolder, it is a shame that the support for running Skydrive Pro as a SharePoint onprem has so little support.

From my tests and research this is what works and what does not work:

	Windows 8.x x64	Windows 8.x 32bit	Windows 8.x RT	Windows Phone	IOS	Android	Mac OSX
App to Onprem *	No	No	No	Yes	No	3^rd party	No
Desktop to Onprem**	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
App to Office 365 ***	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	3^rd party	No
Desktop to Office 365 ****	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

Please, do let me know if I am missing out on anything in the chart!

Windows 7 uses the same App and Desktop application as Windows 8x

* The App model with the possibility to connect to SharePoint 2013 Onprem
** A Desktop integrated application that connects to SharePoint 2013 Onprem
*** The App model with the possibility to connect to SharePoint Online/Office 365
**** A Desktop integrated application that connects to SharePoint Online/Office 365

So, if you want to make use of your internal onprem SharePoint 2013 farm for Skydrive Pro, you have to rely solely on Windows 8x or Windows Phone (Available in the Office hub)

The Skydrive pro desktop klient is available in Office 2013 versions as well, except for the Office 2013 for Windows RT

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Skydrive pro requires SharePoint 2013 or Office 365 (Eligable subscriptions)
SharePoint 2010 works only with SharePoint Workspace on Windows OS

References

What is SkyDrive Pro?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/what-is-skydrive-pro-HA102822076.aspx

What is SkyDrive Pro in SharePoint 2013 and how does it relate to SkyDrive?
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=388

How to setup SkyDrive Pro on Mac OSX
http://www.dogu.no/blog/posts/2013/08/26/how-to-setup-skydrive-pro-on-mac-osx.aspx

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