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They should just add a cap at 1 TB (plus maybe a pay option for more) and leave Onedrive as it was. And by that I mean: Onedrive like it was on Windows 8.1, wit

by geff82 11y ago

They should just add a cap at 1 TB (plus maybe a pay option for more) and leave Onedrive as it was. And by that I mean: Onedrive like it was on Windows 8.1, with file representations. I convertet many people to their ecosystem in the Win8 days, but now my advice is a bit embarassing in retrospect as they do not prove to be reliable.

voltagex_ 11y ago
The Placeholder files are actually more deeply integrated into Windows 8.1 than you might realise: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn323738(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn3... The choice to remove them in 10 seems partly driven via user metrics and support calls - users were confused about which files were available when. It makes using OneDrive pretty much impossible in bandwidth or disk space constrained environments, though.
- Spooky23 11y ago
  Microsoft made a decision to move away from the SharePoint/Groove "OneDrive for Business", mostly because of the broken sync engine. I thought the OneDrive changes were driven by the enterprise considerations. Stubbing would be very useful to VDI and an uptick in solutions like VDI that commoditizes the Windows experience in a manner that isn't complimentary to Windows.
  - frik 11y ago
    So basically, Groove/Sharepoint Workspace/OneDrive for Business is dead, good to know. Sad they haven't fixed their sync engine.
devsquid 11y ago
Its seems so silly. Like they give out unlimited storage and market the crap out of it. Then what do they expect consumers to do be stoked on having it but politely not use it? Then cutting storage down for it free tier... I don't know man I mean how much money do you really think they could be losing?
- ableal 11y ago
  Seen from very far away and totally outside, this looks like an internal push-and-shove, with the (new ?) head of OneDrive saying "screw it, we're not paying out of our budget for the prizes that the hardware teams are handing out to their customers". The worrisome part is that it took one month to sort this out. Sort of.
  - devsquid 11y ago
    Ahhh good ole Microsoft

by geff82 11y ago

voltagex_ 11y ago

The Placeholder files are actually more deeply integrated into Windows 8.1 than you might realise: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn323738(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn3... The choice to remove them in 10 seems partly driven via user metrics and support calls - users were confused about which files were available when. It makes using OneDrive pretty much impossible in bandwidth or disk space constrained environments, though.

Spooky23 11y ago
Microsoft made a decision to move away from the SharePoint/Groove "OneDrive for Business", mostly because of the broken sync engine. I thought the OneDrive changes were driven by the enterprise considerations. Stubbing would be very useful to VDI and an uptick in solutions like VDI that commoditizes the Windows experience in a manner that isn't complimentary to Windows.
- frik 11y ago
  So basically, Groove/Sharepoint Workspace/OneDrive for Business is dead, good to know. Sad they haven't fixed their sync engine.

devsquid 11y ago

Its seems so silly. Like they give out unlimited storage and market the crap out of it. Then what do they expect consumers to do be stoked on having it but politely not use it? Then cutting storage down for it free tier... I don't know man I mean how much money do you really think they could be losing?

ableal 11y ago
Seen from very far away and totally outside, this looks like an internal push-and-shove, with the (new ?) head of OneDrive saying "screw it, we're not paying out of our budget for the prizes that the hardware teams are handing out to their customers". The worrisome part is that it took one month to sort this out. Sort of.
- devsquid 11y ago
  Ahhh good ole Microsoft