How to enable Folder Redirection with OneDrive

Folder redirection has been a handy trick for years in the world of network IT. Does moving to Microsoft 365 change that? No, the only thing that changes is how you enable folder redirection with OneDrive compared to network storage.

Windows folder redirection and OneDrive

Cloud Drive Mapper provides seamless drive-based access to OneDrive for Business to replace your local home drives. Now it can take care of folder redirection with OneDrive too.

Benefits of folder redirection

Your files are at far greater risk on a local hard drive than behind Microsoft 365's security. On a local drive they're vulnerable to data theft, loss and malware. Keeping data off your devices and in the Microsoft Cloud means that even if a device is lost or corrupted, the worst case is buying a new device, your data is safe in OneDrive.

Enabling Folder Redirection with Cloud Drive Mapper

With CDM in place, OneDrive for Business is a real network drive, meaning Windows' built-in folder redirection mechanisms can target it the same way they used to target a traditional fileshare. Documents, Desktop, Pictures and other shell folders can be redirected via Group Policy to a path on the mapped OneDrive drive, keeping data off the device.

Why Cloud Drive Mapper?

Without CDM, OneDrive for Business doesn't present as a drive letter, so the standard folder-redirection tooling can't target it. With CDM, the experience is back to what your administrators are already familiar with: a stable network drive, a Group Policy, a redirected folder. The destination just happens to be Microsoft 365 instead of a fileserver.

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