Syncing Shared Files in OneDrive for Business

Pre-requisites

The OneDrive Desktop app is installed on your local machine.

You can download the OneDrive Desktop app here.

Instructions

• Connect to your Office 365 account via a web browser,
• Click on the OneDrive icon to start OneDrive:

• If you only see your files and no menu on the left-hand side (see screen below), click on the top left corner of the window to get the menu.
  

  (You can also enlarge the size of your browser window to make the left-hand menu appear.)

• In the menu, click on "Shared with me". You will see the list of files and folders which are shared with you. See the following example:

• Click on the folder to see its contents:

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• And on the menu above, click on "Sync". Depending on the window's size, the option may be hidden, so click on the "..." to make it appear:

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• You may receive some warnings. Click on "Allow" for all warnings.

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• The OneDrive Desktop app will then open and a similar window will appear:

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• Select all the files and folders you want to sync (they are all selected per default) and click on "Next" to continue.
• In your local user directory, you will see a new directory structure, where the files and folders have been synced

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