The Redmond-based tech giant is set to enable OSCI (under the EnableAllOcsiClients policy) for OneDrive tenants, which will ensure the platform is seamlessly in sync with the Office suite.

In a recent Microsoft 365 roadmap entry, the tech giant states that tenants can disable the GPO policy, which includes OSCI. However, this makes it difficult to update all internal versions of Office files.

However, with the new option, OneDrive tenants can enable OSCI and features like auto-save, version history, real-time user collaboration, and even merge in case of conflicts can work with Office.

Here is what is the entrance says:

If a tenant has enabled the GPO (EnableAllOcsiClients), Office and OneDrive can communicate easily. Currently, tenants have the option to turn off the GPO, and when they turn off the GPO, it becomes difficult to ensure that all internal versions of Office files are kept up to date so that features like automatic backup , version history, real-time user collaboration, and merging in case of conflicts can work.

However, this will not happen immediately. According to the entrythe new policy will be published in April 2025, which would give administrators have plenty of time to get used to it.

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