Proper way to add Teams document library to file explorer?

[Velvis]

I feel like there is a bit of a disconnect between Teams/Sharepoint and the local computer. Do most people link the site directly into file explorer to make it easy to access files like any other shared drive? or if not why not?

Is there a specific way to connect the two reliably?

 

[tek9]

Every Team has an associated group and SharePoint folder. Just go to the SharePoint site in the portal, click Documents to the left, then Sync from the top bar. This will sync the folder to your OneDrive, provided you're signed into OneDrive.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Users can do all of this from within Teams itself...

They just go to the document library under the team in the list, and click the sync button above the list of files.

But yes, Microsoft expects USERS to be doing this, not Admins. So for those of us working double duty for SMBs it means we click things for them.

 

[thecomputerguy]

Ive seen teams running with a channel that doesn't have the sync button there, not sure what the circumstances were there but expecting users to click this button and follow through ... LOL

I can barely get people to reboot their system before they call me.

 

[Velvis]

Every Team has an associated group and SharePoint folder. Just go to the SharePoint site in the portal, click Documents to the left, then Sync from the top bar. This will sync the folder to your OneDrive, provided you're signed into OneDrive.

Does the sync need to be routinely done or is it automatic after clicking it once?

 

[Sky-Knight]

It's automatic after clicking it once. And @thecomputerguy, if you don't see a sync button you're not looking at a file library.

 

[RoadRunner]

pretty sure you can auto mount them as well / AutoMountTeamSites
We do this when we have larger sites.