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Download files from your SharePoint site and copy them over to your Dropbox. The Synchronize your Sharepoint Files to Dropbox sample flow has pre-configured connectors for downloading files from a SharePoint site and uploading them to a Dropbox.
How do I get Dropbox to sync automatically?
To turn on automatic Smart Sync:
- Open your Dropbox desktop app preferences.
- Click the Sync tab.
- Under Save hard drive space automatically, select On. If you’re on a Dropbox Business team, and you prefer your admin manage this setting for you Let my admin manage this setting.
How do I sync a SharePoint document library?
To sync a site library to your computer
- Sign in to your organization’s SharePoint in Microsoft 365 site with your work or school account.
- Open the library you want to sync.
- Select the Sync button. Notes:
- At the prompt, click Sync Now to start the sync app wizard.
- Select Sync Now in the wizard to start syncing.
When partners upload files to their Dropbox folder, these changes automatically sync to SharePoint. When you want to update a document for a partner, you simply edit a single file in SharePoint which will then be automatically synchronized to Dropbox. The synchronization is live and bi-directional.
Unlike DropBox, which is primarily used for personal file storage, you are now syncing the whole SharePoint Document Library from a team or department site that many other users have access to modify at the same time (either online or offline). That means that when you sync it, you will need to resolve sync conflicts (if 2 users modify same file).
Why do we need to auto upload files to Dropbox?
Basically, our clients are using Dropbox (and they share that with us via Dropbox) and we want to auto upload their Dropbox changes into our SharePoint Library. The updates also need to be uploaded (i.e., if our partner updates the file) and we need to track owners of files.
With the current version of OneDrive for Business Sync, you can not sync selected folders, you have to sync the whole SharePoint Document Library. Even if you need just 1 folder with few files, you have to sync the whole Document Library.