Question
How do you tell the difference between a OneDrive link and a SharePoint link? And how to read them?
Answer
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OneDrive Link |
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will always have /site/ near the beginning of the URL.
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will have a my.sharepoint.com near the beginning of its link.
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example:
https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems
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example:
https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/
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OneDrive
Now that we can tell the difference between the two, here is how to read the URLs:
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Links are the easy to read because they tend to be relatively short.
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Example:
https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/(users netid)_utdallas_edu/
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The bolded part of the URL tells you whose OneDrive account it is.
(users netid)
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The bolded end of the URL will tell you the file or folder location.
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Example:
personal%2F{NetID}%5Futdallas%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FRecordings can be translated to personal/NetID/documents/recordings
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OneDrive link
(Short Link + Fole Folder Location):
https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/(users netid)_utdallas_edu/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2F{NetID}%5Futdallas%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FRecordings
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Note: Stream's default recorded meetings will be stored in the meeting owner's OneDrive. The recordings can be found in a folder named "Recordings". If a different user needs access to a file in OneDrive, the owner will have to provide them access.
SharePoint
Now that we can read a OneDrive URL, lets apply the same to the SharePoint URL:
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Link shows
Websites name
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The end of the URL is just like the OneDrive URL,
where it shows you the file or folder path.
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SharePoint link |
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Example
https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269.
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Example
wid=61dac970%2Dce61%2D4716%2Da94f%2D9096dea43e1b&id=%2Fsites%2FTestteam269%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2FRecordings
Translates to = site/testteam269/documents/general/recordings
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https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?viewid=61dac970%2Dce61%2D4716%2Da94f%2D9096dea43e1b&id=%2Fsites%2FTestteam269%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2FRecordings |
Note: Stream's default meeting recording location for channel meetings will be in Teams' "Recordings" folder. If a user needs access to a file in SharePoint, then the team owner will need to provide them access.