#xpa Office 365 #xpa


chris@...
 

Hi all,

We are upgrading a client from 3.2 to 4.8 and have a question around Office 365.

They currently direct outputs to the user’s H: drive.   However, they want to move away from user h: drives toward OneDrive.   One way they have been addressing this is updating the Citrix platform by mapping OneDrive as drive letter U: (one of the issues they confronted was MFA hence why they are upgrading to Server 2019). 

Anybody have any thoughts on best approach. Most appreciated

Chris, New Zealand


Steven Burrows
 

If OneDrive is being provisioned by IT for all users, then you probably won’t need a Drive Mapping, they will all be in %USERPROFILE% with folder names specified by IT. I have 3 x OneDrive folders:

  • “<CompanyName>” is the equivalent of our old shared network drive
  • “OneDrive-<CompanyName>” is my personal folder on the Company OneDrive Account. I used to have a drive mapping to a user folder on the server, this replaces that mapping.
  • “OneDrive” is my personal account set up by me.

 

OneDrive is very nice piece of kit, but when it is replacing a busy server it can become a bit of a lumbering beast and take a while to update. It is good but its NOT a direct replacement for a proper File Server, make sure you only use it when you need to. Don’t use it for Temp files (use %TEMP%), don’t use it for User Settings/Files (have a folder in %AppData%). I would totally avoid using it for any multi user data that has timing consequences or locking of any kind (e.g. SqlLite or monitored file drop folders). There might be a few programming techniques you want to avoid when using OneDrive. E.g. creating a big CSV using Append Mode, then immediately renaming might cause it have a bit of a fit. Rapid changes are best done in a Temp folder then copied to OneDrive in 1 go.

 

If you don’t have so much control over the Folder Names or there is a varying hierarchy, then you might still need a Mapped Drive (to the correct local folder). This might be a good migration path, just change your existing Network Drive Mappings to Local Drive Mappings in the OneDrive structure, but it might equally be a good chance to move from Drive Mappings and use %USERPROFILE% as your UNC Root.

 

 

Steven Burrows

 

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Hi all,

We are upgrading a client from 3.2 to 4.8 and have a question around Office 365.

They currently direct outputs to the user’s H: drive.   However, they want to move away from user h: drives toward OneDrive.   One way they have been addressing this is updating the Citrix platform by mapping OneDrive as drive letter U: (one of the issues they confronted was MFA hence why they are upgrading to Server 2019). 

Anybody have any thoughts on best approach. Most appreciated

Chris, New Zealand