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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:27:13 -0700
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On 2025-04-13 05:46, badgolferman wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> 
>> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, we use Microsoft Intune. They switched over from MaaS360
>>>>> which was a  royal pain in the ass. They are also heavily
>>>>> encouraging us to store ALL  our documents on OneDrive and
>>>>> Sharepoint rather than locally on the PC. So  far I’ve resisted
>>>>> doing that, but I do keep critical copies on Sharepoint  for my
>>>>> colleagues to use in case I get hit by a bus.
>>>>
>>>> Why not just use sharepoint? It's so much easier for everyone.
>>>> The bus  factor is an important consideration for an
>>>> organisation.
>>>> I have ALL my work files on Sharepoint which makes life easier
>>>> for me and  my colleagues. I encourage my team to do the same.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I often work offline from home or the road and am not always on
>>> the company  LAN. I also don’t want my files to get lost or locked
>>> up by some technical  glitch or hack job. Does that make sense?
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>> I too am often away from the office. SharePoint/OneDrive works fine.
>> You're more likely to irrecoverably lose local files - to hardware
>> loss or failure - than using cloud resources.
>>
>> Very occasionally there is a sync issue with oneDrive but you can
>> always go back to a working version due to the in-built history.
> 
> Well, I disagree with you.  Most of my work documents are Excel files
> and they just don't translate well to Sharepoint when you want to work
> on them.  Keeping backup copies on Sharepoint is one thing, but leaving
> my working versions there is something I'm unwilling to do.

I'm using Excel with online files all the time and never have a problem.

> 
> This issue is much like the one being argued to death right now.  You
> prefer the cloud method of working documents and I prefer the local
> method of working copies.  Both have their pros and cons, but at least
> we have a choice on how we want to implement it.  The same goes for
> transferring files between iOS devices and PCs.  Some people prefer
> initiating the transfer from the iPhone side and some people prefer
> initiating the transfer from the PC side.  Both methods work but the
> pros of one method outweigh the pros of the other method for each
> person.