OneDrive: Upcoming change to shared folder experience in Microsoft OneDrive

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: OneDrive: Upcoming change to shared folder experience in Microsoft OneDrive With this feature update, when a user clicks a link to a shared folder from Teams chat, channels, email, or other places, they will navigate to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This new view, organized by people, will show and allow access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user. GA date: May CY2026 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenan

Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: OneDrive: Upcoming change to shared folder experience in Microsoft OneDrive With this feature update, when a user clicks a link to a shared folder from Teams chat, channels, email, or other places, they will navigate to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This new view, organized by people, will show and allow access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user. GA date: May CY2026 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenan

Urgency: Monitor

Next action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.

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Technical actions

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Questions to ask the customer

• Does this documented change affect a product or workload in scope?

Risks and objections

• The official source does not establish facts beyond the quoted material.

Points to confirm

• The effective date is unknown and must be confirmed before scheduling action.