![]() ![]() ![]() The page is titled “ Document Property Promotion and Demotion” – so that’s clear. There’s no mention of OneDrive for Business or even the most recent version of SharePoint. The link is to a MSDN page about SharePoint 2010. That’s a strange argument since it means that if Microsoft does something for long enough and without their customers realizing it, then it must be OK.Īs for the link to more information, that’s almost a joke in itself. Nor is there any details given about the files changed, the type of data added etc.Īccording to Microsoft, and some of their apologists who have jumped to their defense, the files have been changed for years. The benefits to OneDrive for Business customers are only given in broad terms with no specifics. For additional information on how these capabilities work see also (v=office.14).aspxĪs you can see, the response is hardly a fulsome reply to the questions. The functionality behind this has been in the product for several releases and is designed to synchronize important metadata between a document and a Document Library including OneDrive for Business. Examples of this include synchronizing document properties across its parent folder to enrich discovery or updating links when a link has changed. Limited metadata is added to content to support advanced document management scenarios and preserve user experiences. This is the entire Microsoft response to the above eight questions: Where are the details disclosed of the changes made?.Where is the fact of these changes disclosed to customers before purchase?. ![]() Why is the date modified file attribute not changed?.Can customers switch off the file changes and revert to cloud storage without file changes?.What identifying information is added to documents regarding the user, organization or other?.What documents are affected by these changes?.Alas the reply came too late for the Office Watch newsletter but here it is, in full. ![]() To accompany our story about OneDrive for Business changing documents and files without notice or trace we asked Microsoft for answers to some questions. We asked Microsoft eight simple questions and got one response. ![]()
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