anyone using onedrive with whs2011

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anyone using onedrive with whs2011, so that yo can edit docs with office 365 online

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nobody it seems?......

 

So if not Onedrive, how do you share you're word/excel  docs in the cloud so that you can access them remotely or with tablets?

 

I just setup office 365 ios apps and Microsoft Onedrive on my home PC so that I can view/edit/sync any word/excel docs online but for this to work, you must store all your docs in the OneDrive folder. I keep all my docs on my whs2011 server and not a PC, so for this to work I'd have to install Onedrive onto the server, which does not seem to be supported.

 

derek

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Google is your friend.

 

How To Install Microsoft SkyDrive on Windows Home Server 2011 - We Got Served

 

This article is nearly 4 years old so don't know if it is still valid.

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thanks,

It just occurred top me that Onedrive/skydrive is somewhat un-needed if I'm running a whs, since remote access gives you what  onedrive gives you, which is to say it gives you access to all your docs from anywhere.

 

thanks

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But a lot simpler to use OneDrive. I have a laptop, desktop and phone all with one drive.  I have the desktop and laptop set to keep a copy of most files on the device. I find it a very good solution.  Even my music is on OneDrive which can be accesses from Groove with no fees. Placeholders are coming back which will make most users happy but as I keep a local copy it was never an issue for me personally.

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Thanks

So by using onedrive on your laptop/desktop and phone, do I take it then that you primarily keep you documents in Onedrive and by association on the laptop and desktop, and the server is then used as a backup of that data (vs using the server to keep all the documents and serve them out)

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My server is:

 

A backup server using windows backup and veeam.

A media server using plex and serving 3 sony TV's and Ipads.

A file server for all files not on OneDrive including 3TB of videos and movies

(All on Drivepool and many duplicated on Drivepool)

 

It also runs my hyper-v OS's of Windows 7 and whatever I am playing with at the time.

(I don't think this is strickly MS legal but I have been a loyal MS guy since I first used MSDOS in 197? so I am sure they won't mind!!!)

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Thanks

With the usefulness of Onedrive with office 365 for accessing and sharing docs remotely, I may have to re-eval how I use my server to take advantage of this. I was of the mind set of keeping ALL my files (docs/music/video/pics) either on the server or ALL on a home PC (backed up up to the server), but I guess there's nothing wrong with a hybrid approach.

 

thanks

Derek

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I have, un-intentionally, started another thread going in the the remote access forum, so I think I'll end this one as is and continue with the other post.

 

Thanks for the help so far.

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Just installed OneDrive last week on my newly built WHS 2011 server!

I cheat - I copy my local network files TO the OneDrive USB drive, which I force-sync via ROBOCOPY!

That way, I have My Documents sync'd to a local USB drive (that can be taken to the PC I'm using if the spit hits the fan), which is then copied out to OneDrive!

I sync manually once a week, but, it could be scheduled to make it automatic!

No errors, no issues, no BS!