Michael Blumenthal discusses deploying the OneDrive sync client to 60,000 users. It requires a team effort across various roles like project management, change management, desktop management, and more. Key aspects of deployment include configuring the first run experience, known folder move functionality, update channels, and overcoming challenges such as regulatory approvals, firewall issues, and existing configurations. Success requires completing the first run experience and setting up known folder move properly. Reporting functionality is limited but growing. Resources for support include the Sync Up podcast and Microsoft documentation.

1. Deploying
OneDrive Sync
Michael Blumenthal, MVP

2. I’m Michael Blumenthal, and I’ve got
OneDrive on My Mind
• Last 7 months
• Deploying the Sync Client
• 60,000 users
• It takes a team
• PM, CM, DM, DA, GPO, SCCM
• FastTrack, Networking, Support,Citrix, JAMF

3. What is OneDrive?

4. What is OneDrive Sync?
C:users<username>OneDrive – CompanyName
C:users<username>OneDrive
C:users<username>CompanyName
C:users<username>OtherCompanyName

5. Windows File Explorer

6. Licensing
E1
• E1: 1TB
• Sync
F1
• 2GB
• Nope
E3, E5
• 1TB+
• Sync

7. The First Run
Experience
Login License
Check
Tutorial
KFM

8. WTF is KFM?
Known Folder Move AKA PC Folder
Backup
• Desktop
• Documents
• Pictures
NOT
• 3D Objects
• Downloads
• Music
• Videos
• Favorites

9. What KFM Does
Before
• C:UsersUsernameDesktop
• C:UsersUsernameDocuments
• C:UsersUsernamePictures
After
• C:UsersUsernameOneDrive –
CompanyDesktop
• C:UsersUsernameOneDrive –
CompanyDocuments
• C:UsersUsernameOneDrive –
CompanyPictures

10. OneNote
• Local OneNote vs OneNote
Online
• 19.202+ -> 19.222

11. Update Channels
Insider – 3d
Production – 2w
Enterprise – 2m
+ Feature Ramping

12. Version
• Blue Cloud – Settings – About

13. Version
History

14. What is success?
• Not just landing the bits – but getting the FRE completed and KFM
setup
• Laptop Protection
• Storing in Syncing folders
• Sharing Links rather than sending attachments

15. Reporting
• Active Syncers
• Coming Soon / Not Soon Enough: Sync Reports

16. What made this hard?
• Regulatory Approvals / Data Residency
• Germany
• China (No Android Mobile App)
• Firewall issues
• FRE changing while we tried to document it
• Starting before 19.202 and OneNote issues.
• Existing Group Policies
• Three OSes: 7, 10 1703, 10 1803
• Existing installs of the sync client
• Existing legacy users
• External licensing drivers
• Retention
• Employee Lifecycle
• User to Machine mapping
• Reporting on deployment success
• Reading the registry
• SCCM package did not prompt user
• Users surprised by KFM launch
• GPOs to all
• Previous syncers who don’t know they are
• Store What Where
• Giving Users time to clean up
• Shared with Everyone
• Folder Redirection
• 0x80004005 and friends
• Change Freezes

17. Resources
• Sync Up podcast
• https://support.office.com/en-
us/onedrive
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/onedrive/
• FastTrack

18. Q&A