With the OneDrive options menu open, click Settings. Open the OneDrive app from its cloud icon in the Windows Taskbar System Tray, and then click the three dots icon. It is possible though to force Office 365 to always open the locally stored copy of a file, and OneDrive will later upload any changes when it performs its next sync.

What can make matters worse is that Office 365 sometimes doesn’t play well with VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) should you happen to use on on your PC, meaning it can even refuse to open files at all. Using OneDrive to sync Microsoft Teams and SharePoint files Open Microsoft Teams Sync Documents from a specific channel Sync files from current channel only. If though you’re in a position where you’re the only person who opens and accesses files and documents, and if you’re in a place where your Internet bandwidth isn’t very good, or you even have to rely on a 3G or 4G network then the default operation of always opening the online copy of a document, even when you have a local copy stored on your PC, can be frustrating. They work brilliantly together and ability for Office 365 to enable real-time collaboration for files stored in the cloud is very often worth the cost of the subscription on its own. Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business storage, of 1TB (one terabyte) comes with each seat licence of their Office 365 subscription service.

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