Deploy and configure the new OneDrive sync client for Mac. 4 minutes to read. Contributors. In this article This article is for IT administrators managing OneDrive for Business settings in work or school environments. If you're not an IT administrator, read. Manage OneDrive settings on macOS using property list (Plist) files Use the following keys to preconfigure or change settings for your users. The keys are the same whether you run the store edition or the standalone edition of the sync client, but the property list file name and domain name will be different.
When you apply the settings, make sure to target the appropriate domain depending on the edition of the sync client. Standalone Mac App Store PList Location /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist /Library/Containers/com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac.plist Domain com.microsoft.OneDrive com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac Deploy the sync client settings Deploy the settings on macOS in the typical way:.
Quit the OneDrive application. Define the settings you want to change by creating a Plist with the values, or use a script to set the default values. Deploy the settings onto the local computer. Refresh the preferences cache. On the next start of OneDrive, the new settings will be picked up.
Store, sync, and share work files in the cloud using Microsoft OneDrive for Business, which comes with SharePoint Online and Office 365 business subscription plans. OneDrive for Business comes to Mac and iOS devices By the Office 365 team, on January 28, 2015 November 2, 2018 Today’s post was written by Reuben Krippner director on the Office 365 team.
Overview of settings The following table lists all the settings that are currently exposed for the OneDrive sync client. You need to configure the parameters in parentheses. Setting Description Parameters Example Plist Entry Disable personal accounts Blocks users from signing in and syncing files in personal OneDrive accounts. If this key is set after a user has set up sync with a personal account, the user will be signed out.
DisablePersonalSync (Bool): When set to true, this parameter prevents users from adding or syncing personal accounts. DisablePersonalSync Default folder location Specifies the default location of the OneDrive folder for each organization TenantID (String): TenantID determines which accounts the default folder location setting should apply to. DefaultFolderPath (String): DefaultFolder specifies the default folder location.
Mac App Store: The path must already exist when users set up the sync client. Standalone: The path will be created on users' computers if it doesn't already exist. Only with the Standalone sync client can you prevent users from changing the location. Tenants (TenantID) DefaultFolder (DefaultFolderPath) Automatic upload bandwidth percentage Enables the sync client to automatically set the amount of bandwidth used based on available bandwidth for uploading files AutomaticUploadBandwidthPercentage (int): This parameter determines the percentage of local upload bandwidth that the sync client can use. Accepted values are from 1 through 99. AutomaticUploadBandwidthPercentage (Bandwidth) Set maximum upload throughput Sets the maximum upload throughput rate in kilobytes (KB)/sec for computers running the OneDrive sync client UploadBandwidthLimited (int): This parameter determines the upload throughput in KB/sec that the sync client can use.
The minimum rate is 50 KB/sec and the maximum rate is 100,000 KB/sec. UploadBandwidthLimited (Upload Throughput Rate in KB/sec) Set maximum download throughput Sets the maximum download throughput rate in kilobytes (KB)/sec for computers running the OneDrive sync client DownloadBandwidthLimited (int): This parameter determines the download throughput in KB/sec that the sync client can use.
The minimum rate is 50 KB/sec and the maximum rate is 100,000 KB/sec. DownloadBandwidthLimited (Download Throughput Rate in KB/sec) Dock icon Specifies whether a dock icon for OneDrive is shown HideDockIcon (Bool): When set to true, this parameter hides the OneDrive dock icon even when the application is running. HideDockIcon Open at login Specifies whether OneDrive starts automatically when the user logs in OpenAtLogin (Bool): When set to true, OneDrive will start automatically when the user logs in on the Mac. OpenAtLogin SharePoint Server Front Door URL Specifies the SharePoint Server 2019 on-premises URL that the OneDrive sync client should try to authenticate and sync against SharePointOnPremFrontDoorUrl (string): The URL of the on-premises SharePoint Server.
SharePointOnPremFrontDoorUrl SharePoint Server Tenant Name Specifies the name of the folder created for syncing the SharePoint Server 2019 files specified in the Front Door URL. SharePointOnPremTenantName (string): The name that will be used when creating a folder to sync the on-premises SharePoint Server files. If specified, the folder names will take the form of: OneDrive – TenantName TenantName If not specified, the folder names will use the first segment of the FrontDoorURL as the Tenant Name. Example - will use Contoso as the Tenant Name SharePointOnPremTenantName Contoso SharePoint OnPrem Prioritization For hybrid scenarios where the email is the same for both SharePoint Server on-premises and SharePoint Online, determines whether or not the client should set up sync for SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online first during the first-run scenario. SharePointOnPremPrioritzationPolicy (int): This parameter determines which service to attempt to authenticate against for setting up sync. 1 indicates OneDrive should setup SharePoint Server on-premises first, followed by SharePoint Online.
SharePointOnPremPrioritzationPolicy (0 or 1) You can also configure the OneDrive Standalone sync client to receive delayed updates. PList Location /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.plist Domain com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater Setting Description Parameters Example Plist Entry Tier Defines the update ring for the computer UpdateRing (String): This parameter has two different values. Production - The default update ring for OneDrive updates. Insiders - This update ring receives updates that are 'pre-production' and will allow you to play with features before they are released. Note that builds from this ring may be less stable.
Enterprise - This update ring receives updates after they have rolled out through the Production ring. It also lets you control the deployment of updates. For more info about the update rings and how the sync client checks for updates, see. Tier (UpdateRing) Feedback.