How to map SharePoint drives

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There are always some concerns with OneDrive sync client, because

• Sometimes it’s unstable
• Performance issues
• It’s just doesn’t work for some scenarios
• Users don’t want to study a new way to access data

So the question you might ask yourself is How to map SharePoint drives? and map a drive from SharePoint document library

Here are the steps you should take to make a proper configurations

START “WEB-CLIENT” SERVICE

To be sure that mapped drives will reconnect automatically after user’s machine reboot “Web-client” service should be started on the user’s machine and start mode should be set to “Automatic”

LOGIN INTO SHAREPOINT ONLINE VIA INTERNET EXPLORE

A user should log in into SharePoint online portal via Internet Explorer Browser.

IMPORTANT!

It’s important that user use exactly Internet Explorer Browser at this step. And “Stay Signed In” option should be enabled in the tenant. It’s required to click “Yes” when the prompt will appear.

OPEN SP LIBRARY IN EXPLORER

OPEN SP LIBRARY IN EXPLORER

• To avoid any errors for a future it’s recommended that user open default SP online library with file explorer.
• To do it user should navigate to a documents library on your tenant.For example: ‘your tenant URL is here’/Documentsso it should look like this: https://tenant.sharepoint.com/Documents
• If a user has “Modern Experience”
  • He should click on “All Documents” in the right corner
  • Click “View in File Explorer”
  • A new File explorer window will open
  • User can close the explorer window

• If user has “Classic Experience”
  • He should click on “Library” tab in the top ribbon menu
  • And click “Open in Explorer” button
  • A new File explorer window will be opened
  • User can close the explorer window

ADD SITE TO TRUSTED SITES LIST

To avoid errors like “Access Denied” in the future you need to add your SP tenant to trusted sites inside Internet Explorer Browser.This can be configured with GPO as well.

• Login to your SharePoint environment
• Go to IE browser settings –> Internet Options
• Click on “Security” tab
• Click on Trusted Sites icon –> Sites button
• Add SP site address to the Trusted sites
• Click Ok

CONNECT DRIVES VIA “NET USE” STATEMENT

Net use statement should be used to connect drives from SharePoint..bat file can be used for this purpose as well.

Comman

d should be executed via Command Prompt and looks like this:

net use N: “\\tenant.sharepoint.com@ssl\sites\SharePoint\Finance\Projects” /persistent:yes

It will map this document library to users machine: https://bainbridgere.sharepoint.com/sites/SharePoint/Finance/Projects

IMPORTANT! The command is case-sensitive, so be sure to double-check the path you enter.

CHECK IF DRIVES WORKING

After all, drives have been mapped it’s a good idea to reboot a machine and check if drives connected after reboot automatically.

Known errors:

• Error 53, path wasn’t foundTo fix this error double check the URL you are enteringand be sure that you executed steps described in “Open SP library in explorer” paragraph.
• Error 224, Access deniedTo fix this error you need to be sure that user has access to the site where SP library located. It’s a good idea to open the library you are trying to connect from Internet Explorer and check if a user has access to it.Also, be sure that you executed steps described in “Add site to trusted in IE” paragraph.
• Other errorsIf you faced any other error you can check your Antivirus software settings to be sure it’s not blocking a connectionand check Firewall settings. It’s recommended to turn off the Firewall.