Some organizations may wish to implement restrictions for synchronizing content. There are two directions that you can go in to manage OneDrive synchronization security—from the client (by specifying which Office 365 or SharePoint Online tenants the managed OneDrive sync client may sync) and from the service (by specifying which Active Directory domain members can sync with it). We'll examine both sets of these in this section.
Limiting synchronization for certain devices
Limit syncing to devices that are joined to specific domains
From the OneDrive for Business Group Policy perspective, two controls are available:
- Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations: By using this setting, you only...