Move Known Folders to OneDrive and Silently sign-in users to OneDrive with Windows Credentials using Intune.

Move Known Folders to OneDrive and Silently sign-in users to OneDrive with Windows Credentials using Intune.

In this post, we will look at creating an Intune Device Configuration policy to do the following:

• Silently Sign-in to OneDrive using Windows Credentials
• Move Known Folders to OneDrive

This post comes at the back of a request from a customer, they don’t have on-prem Active Directory and wants users to start using and moving all documents to OneDrive.

To get started let head over to Microsoft 365 Endpoint Manager Portal > https://endpoint.microsoft.com/

1. On the left-hand side click on Devices

1. On the Devices |Overview page, scroll down and click on Configuration Profiles under Policy

1. Click on + Create Profile to start the creation of a new Profile.

1. Select your devices platform and select your Profile Type. Click on Create at the bottom once done.

Device Platform: Windows 10 or Later

Profile Type: Templates

Templates: Administrative Templates

1. On the new page, profile some basic information about the new Policy, I.e., Name and Description and then click on Next.

1. Under Computer Configuration Templates, scroll down and select OneDrive.

• Select Silently move Known Folders to OneDrive (1) and click on Enabled.

You have the option of showing the user a notification after the folders has been redirected. I will keep this setting to “NO”. Click on Ok to Complete.

• Select Silently sign in users to the OneDrive Sync app with their Windows credentials click on Enabled and then click OK.

• Lastly select use OneDrive OnDemand File-OnDemand select Enabled and then click on OK.

1. Click on Next at the bottom of the screen to continue
2. On the Scope Tag you can leave Default and click Next.

1. On the Assignments page, click on + Add All Devices then click Next.

1. Lastly review your changes before you click on Create to verify all your settings you have selected are correct.

1. Back on the Device |Configuration profile page, you will now see your newly created Policy.

1. You can monitor the deployment status by selecting the newly created policy and then click on Overview. Here you will see a graph with the overall rollout status.

You can use the Administrative Templates to implement the different group policy options like what you would have done in your On-prem Active Directory.

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