Adding SharePoint shortcuts to OneDrive brings everything together under one roof – improving accessibility and streamlining navigation in your organisation.
Why add SharePoint shortcuts to OneDrive?
Access files easily
The most obvious reason for adding SharePoint shortcuts to OneDrive is accessibility.
Shortcuts provide a quick and easy way to access important files without needing to click through a number of folders just to find what you’re looking for every time.
Reduce workload
Creating a shortcut to SharePoint removes the need to duplicate or copy content from SharePoint into OneDrive.
What’s more, removing the need to duplicate and copy content helps with version control. There’s one source of information (stored in SharePoint) that is then linked via shortcuts in OneDrive. Rather than the alternative, 10+ versions of the same document copied to OneDrive and changed each time.
Improve workflow efficiency
As mentioned above, shortcuts reduce the time it takes to get where you need to be.
OneDrive shortcuts are literally shortcuts!
If there’s a folder you need to access every day at work, adding it as a shortcut will significantly improve your workflow.
In this guide, Keith walks you through how to add SharePoint shortcuts to OneDrive.
How to add SharePoint Shortcuts to OneDrive.
It’s easy to add a SharePoint shortcut to OneDrive.
- Select the SharePoint folder for which you wish to create a shortcut.
- Tap Add shortcut to OneDrive.
- In OneDrive, go to My Files. Here, you’ll be able to see the SharePoint shortcut you have created.
In the future, you can head to OneDrive and access and work on files/documents as you would in SharePoint.
How to remove a SharePoint Shortcut from OneDrive
If you wish to remove a SharePoint shortcut from OneDrive, you can do so in a few taps.
- Select the SharePoint shortcut in OneDrive that you wish to remove.
- Tap Remove.
This action will not delete the folder; it will only remove the shortcut link between OneDrive and SharePoint.
