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OneDrive Known Folder Move

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Microsoft Intune and Intune for Education can configure the settings to redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive. This article summarizes the configurations that are most commonly used for student and teacher devices to enable OneDrive Known Folder Move to redirect the user's Documents, Desktop, and Pictures folders to OneDrive to prevent data loss.

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This is an optional policy

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Tip

When creating a settings catalog profile in the Microsoft Intune admin center, you can copy a policy name from this article and paste it into the settings picker search field to find the desired policy.

Organization-specific settings catalog policies

Category Name Value Notes CSP
OneDrive Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. AllowTenantList
OneDrive Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations > Tenant ID: (Device) tenant ID Important! This is a tenant-specific value. How to find your Microsoft Entra tenant ID AllowTenantList

General restrictions

Category Name Value Notes CSP
OneDrive Block file downloads when users are low on disk space Enabled MinDiskSpaceLimitInMB
OneDrive Block file downloads when users are low on disk space > Minimum available disk space: (Device) 1024 Only enables the setting configuration. MinDiskSpaceLimitInMB
OneDrive Convert synced team site files to online-only files Enabled Files in currently syncing team sites are changed to online-only files, by default. Files later added or updated in the team site are also downloaded as online-only files. DehydrateSyncedTeamSites
OneDrive Disable the tutorial that appears at the end of OneDrive Setup (User) Enabled DisableTutorial
OneDrive Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC Enabled KFMBlockOptOut
OneDrive Prevent users from syncing libraries and folders shared from other organizations Enabled BlockExternalSync
OneDrive Prevent users from syncing personal OneDrive accounts (User) Enabled DisablePersonalSync
OneDrive Set the sync app update ring Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. GPOSetUpdateRing
OneDrive Set the sync app update ring > Update ring: (Device) Production Users get the latest features as they become available. GPOSetUpdateRing
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive Enabled !Important: Make sure to pick the setting with 5 sub-settings listed below. Redirect and move your users' Documents, Pictures, and/or Desktop folders to OneDrive without any user interaction. KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive > Desktop (Device) True KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive > Documents (Device) True KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive > Pictures (Device) True KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive > Show notification to users after folders have been redirected: (Device) No KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive > Tenant ID: (Device) {tenant ID} KFMSilentOptIn
OneDrive Silently sign in users to the OneDrive sync app with their Windows credentials Enabled Users who are signed in on a PC that's joined to Microsoft Entra ID can set up the sync app without entering their account credentials. SilentAccountConfig
OneDrive Use OneDrive Files On-Demand Enabled New users who set up the sync app see online-only files in File Explorer, by default. FilesOnDemandEnabled
OneDrive Warn users who are low on disk space Enabled Only enables the setting configuration. WarningMinDiskSpaceLimitInMB
OneDrive Warn users who are low on disk space > Minimum available disk space: (Device) 2048 Specify a minimum amount of available disk space in MB, and warn users when the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) downloads a file that causes them to have less than this amount. WarningMinDiskSpaceLimitInMB