{"id":205348,"date":"2021-03-18T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-sync-files-in-microsoft-teams-to-your-device\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:24:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:24:53","slug":"how-to-sync-files-in-microsoft-teams-to-your-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-sync-files-in-microsoft-teams-to-your-device\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Sync Files in Microsoft Teams to Your Device"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How to Sync Files in Microsoft Teams to Your Device”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\"Microsoft<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s because you need to work offline or you just prefer working from your file system, syncing files from Microsoft Teams to your hard drive is quick and easy. Here\u2019s how to do it.<\/p>\n

In order to sync your Microsoft Teams files, you need to have OneDrive installed<\/a>. If you\u2019re already logged in to Teams with a Microsoft account\u2014even with a free account\u2014then you\u2019ll already have OneDrive access, even if you don\u2019t use it.<\/p>\n

In the background, OneDrive is a SharePoint<\/a> site, and Microsoft Teams stores all of your files in dedicated SharePoint sites. To sync Teams files to your device, you need a client on your device to handle communication with the SharePoint site behind your Team.<\/p>\n

To sync your Microsoft Teams files, go to the \u201cFiles\u201d tab in a channel in your Team and click \u201cSync.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teams will attempt to connect to the OneDrive client on your device.<\/p>\n

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If you don\u2019t already have the OneDrive client installed, click on the \u201cGet the Latest Version of OneDrive\u201d link and follow the instructions to install it on your computer.<\/p>\n

Once the OneDrive client is installed (or if it already was), Teams will ask you to sign in to your Microsoft account.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve set up two-factor authentication\u00a0on your Office 365 account (which we strongly recommend doing), you\u2019ll have to app<\/a>rove the sign-in using your authenticator app or SMS code.<\/p>\n

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By default, your files will be synced in Users[username][organization name][Team - Channel]<\/code>. Click \u201cChange Location\u201d if you want to change where they\u2019re stored, then select \u201cNext.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are three pages of information about sharing and where your files are, so click \u201cNext\u201d to go through them. On the \u201cGet the Mobile App\u201d page, select \u201cLater.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now click \u201cOpen My OneDrive Folder.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The file explorer window will open. You\u2019ll find your synced Microsoft Teams files in a folder named after the team and channel.<\/p>\n

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Any changes you make on your device will be automatically synced back to Teams, and vice versa. Additionally, any changes anyone else makes to the files in Teams will be automatically synced to your device. If you are working offline, the sync will happen when you go back online.<\/p>\n

The sync process syncs one channel at a time, so if you want to sync files from another channel, you\u2019ll have to run through this process again.<\/p>\n

If you delete synced documents from OneDrive, then they will be deleted from Teams as well. To avoid this\u2014or if you no longer need to work on the files\u2014you need to stop syncing the folder. To do this, open the OneDrive app, select \u201cHelp & Settings,\u201d then choose \u201cSettings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the \u201cAccount\u201d tab, find the channel you\u2019re syncing, click \u201cStop sync,\u201d and select \u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Click \u201cStop Sync\u201d on the confirmation window that pops up.<\/p>\n

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Any changes you make to the files will no longer be synced to Microsoft Teams, and changes to the files in the client will no longer be synced to the files on your computer. This means that you can delete the files from the file explorer on your machine and they won\u2019t be deleted from Teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n