PlutoniumAcidSep 22, 2023

Isn't OneDrive/Sharepiont the exact OPPOSITE of a shared drive?

https://lemmy.world/post/5512364

Isn't OneDrive/Sharepiont the exact OPPOSITE of a shared drive? - Lemmy.world

Background: - At work we use MS Office, because who doesn’t. We used to have a central file server with lots of well sorted directories. - Then Corporate decided to ditch that, everything must move into OneDrive so there’s always a Data Owner. - The local boss had to move everything from the network share into his own OneDrive, and then share, with each of us, the folders that were relevant to each of us. - This sounds like distributed storage, which is probably smart in some way. In reality, it’s shit. Everything is now a link to “corporateName.sharepoint.com [http://corporateName.sharepoint.com]” in the browser, and it’s a hassle to find that in the file explorer. Worse, I have no idea what’s where. Some people share some stuff and somehow it ends up in my OneDrive, but what’s the context of it? This seems so wrong to me. Am I just not “getting” it??

Show threadBertramDitoreSep 22, 2023

It. Is. The. Worst.

Someone shares a file directly, another shares the whole folder, someone else makes a Team, which automatically creates its own sharepoint site that has its own document library. Now someone else shares a file via a Community sharepoint site they have, which is somehow different than a Teams site. The Community site also has its own document library.

Oh and sharepoint is also onedrive? But also isn’t, somehow. I never know. I can sync some stuff to one onedrive folder, and some to another onedrive folder. But it’s all also the same.

To answer your question, you are not alone.

Show threadOkalaydokalaySep 22, 2023

I always get asked what the difference is between SharePoint and OneDrive. I have no fucking clue. I don’t even think Microsoft knows.

And they rename shit all the time, so they probably are the same thing and some department just never got the memo to rebrand.

Show threadNotSoCoolWhip
The difference between one drive and SharePoint is their intended use, nothing physical.
Sep 22, 2023 at 1:01pmWeb