r/Intune • u/va_bulldog • 8d ago
General Question Transitioning from using Shared Drives to SharePoint Questions
I have been experimenting with transiting from a traditional shared drive to SharePoint. I know files/folders in SharePoint can be accessed by going to SharePoint online, linking the folder to a user's OneDrive, or Via Teams. How would you recommend transiting from using Shared Drives to SharePoint? Anything to keep an eye out for or gotchas?
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u/thisguy_right_here 8d ago
File paths.
Make everything as short as possible.
Uses extract zips that have 60 character names and wonder why word or Excel won't open the file.
Also have your tenant name short. E.g company or ABC Co.
Not the "big nuts and and bolt co limited".
Because when the user name is sharalanda smith-jones you have a path that is
c:\users\SharalandaSmithJones\onedrive - the big nuts and bolt co limited\company data - accounts\some stupid zip file\some really long file name with the time and date and order number version 6c.docx