Connecting SharePoint Team Sites to Windows 11 via File Explorer gives team members seamless access to collaborative documents using their desktop apps.
Access Points shared Team Sites in Microsoft 365 when you are active in the online portal with just one or two simple clicks. However, if you want to access the same SharePoint folders using Windows 11 desktop and File Explorer, you’ll have to get everything together first. As usual, the process is not as intuitive as it could be.
Why is it important to add SharePoint Team Sites to File Explorer
Microsoft 365 SharePoint Team Sites can be a useful tool for collaborative teams that want to collect important documents and other essential work-generated assets in one central place that all participants can access. project members are accessible. Team Sites are typically set up by the project leader, who also specifies which individuals have access. If all team members access this collaboration space through the Microsoft 365 online portal, everything is simple and straightforward.
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But for members who prefer to work in a Windows 11 desktop environment, accessing that same collaborative workspace requires a little more effort. By connecting a SharePoint Team Site through Windows 11 File Explorer, team members will be able to seamlessly access the same documents using the desktop versions of their office productivity suite. Microsoft. From a user perspective, SharePoint Team Site becomes just another Microsoft OneDrive access point.
Add SharePoint Team Sites to File Explorer in Windows 11
To set up access to SharePoint Team Sites using your Windows 11 desktop and File Explorer, first sign in to the Microsoft 365 web portal with your standard credentials. Once signed in, navigate to the SharePoint app and then visit the Team Site document page that you want to add to File Explorer, as shown in Figure A.
Picture A
You won’t see a link or button that visually says something like: “Click here to add a Team Site to File Explorer.” Instead, you want to click the Sync icon. This process will set up a new OneDrive supported folder on your PC using the same name as the SharePoint Team Site. As the process runs, you may be asked to provide login credentials for OneDrive, SharePoint, or both.
From this point on, your Microsoft 365 SharePoint Teams Site will be automatically synced to your computer using OneDrive, keeping you up to date with all document changes made by other team members. perform. If you have Windows 11’s Files On-Demand feature enabled, the actual physical storage of each Team Site asset will remain in the cloud, so your hard drive storage will not be affected until when you access the file.
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As you can see in Figure B, the Microsoft 365 Teams Site now appears as another OneDrive entry in Windows 11 File Explorer.
Figure BUG
The process is similar for Apple Mac users, so team members can access SharePoint servers and their team’s collaboration regardless of their chosen desktop operating environment. what.
