XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-04-13 05:46, badgolferman wrote:   
   > Chris wrote:   
   >   
   >> badgolferman  wrote:   
   >>> Chris  wrote:   
   >>>> badgolferman  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yes, we use Microsoft Intune. They switched over from MaaS360   
   >>>>> which was a  royal pain in the ass. They are also heavily   
   >>>>> encouraging us to store ALL  our documents on OneDrive and   
   >>>>> Sharepoint rather than locally on the PC. So  far I’ve resisted   
   >>>>> doing that, but I do keep critical copies on Sharepoint  for my   
   >>>>> colleagues to use in case I get hit by a bus.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why not just use sharepoint? It's so much easier for everyone.   
   >>>> The bus  factor is an important consideration for an   
   >>>> organisation.   
   >>>> I have ALL my work files on Sharepoint which makes life easier   
   >>>> for me and  my colleagues. I encourage my team to do the same.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I often work offline from home or the road and am not always on   
   >>> the company  LAN. I also don’t want my files to get lost or locked   
   >>> up by some technical  glitch or hack job. Does that make sense?   
   >>   
   >> Not really.   
   >>   
   >> I too am often away from the office. SharePoint/OneDrive works fine.   
   >> You're more likely to irrecoverably lose local files - to hardware   
   >> loss or failure - than using cloud resources.   
   >>   
   >> Very occasionally there is a sync issue with oneDrive but you can   
   >> always go back to a working version due to the in-built history.   
   >   
   > Well, I disagree with you.  Most of my work documents are Excel files   
   > and they just don't translate well to Sharepoint when you want to work   
   > on them.  Keeping backup copies on Sharepoint is one thing, but leaving   
   > my working versions there is something I'm unwilling to do.   
      
   I'm using Excel with online files all the time and never have a problem.   
      
   >   
   > This issue is much like the one being argued to death right now.  You   
   > prefer the cloud method of working documents and I prefer the local   
   > method of working copies.  Both have their pros and cons, but at least   
   > we have a choice on how we want to implement it.  The same goes for   
   > transferring files between iOS devices and PCs.  Some people prefer   
   > initiating the transfer from the iPhone side and some people prefer   
   > initiating the transfer from the PC side.  Both methods work but the   
   > pros of one method outweigh the pros of the other method for each   
   > person.   
      
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