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Rebecca16
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3 years ago

Need recommendation for advising team on local syncing best practices

We will be doing a very large reorganization of our Dropbox - making new structures in folders, moving files, and archiving unneeded stuff. In terms of offering the team guidance on re-syncing only n...
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Rebecca16
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3 years ago

Hannah thanks for that info. It does open a new set of questions for me regarding switching over. 

If we do an upgrade to Business Teams, what does that do to everyone's current access to current folders?

What does the structure default to in regards to the current folders/files we all share? 

In terms of making sure everyone has access to the folders in Business Teams, can we just grant edit access to the top level folder? 

Can anyone who is on our Business Teams account upload new files anywhere or only places they have edit permissions for?

What is an alternative upgrade to Business Teams that keeps the current structure functionality the same - i.e. what we see and how we share in our current individual account setup?

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Rebecca16, the current folders would be moved into a personal folder in the individual team accounts. Shared folders would appear in a separate section.

 

You can grant edit access to the top level folder, however, this would also mean that users can delete entire folders from the team. Users will be able to upload wherever they have edit access.

 

Currently, there isn't another upgrade that would keep your current structure the same way. 

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    Rebecca16
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Jay So, folders I personally created and shared with others would go into a personal folder (even if shared with others) and all the folders shared with me goes into a shared folder. 

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      Jay
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      3 years ago

      If it is a normal shared folder, either created by you or by another person, then it would appear in your personal folder. 

       

      Team folders (which are also shared folders in a manner of speaking, but for the team) would appear outside the personal folder in the main team space. Sorry for any confusion.

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        Rebecca16
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        Jay those team folders are what we create after we upgrade the subscription, correct? And in theory we can move folders from our personal folder to Team folders space? Is that something the Admin does so as not to create an issue with everyone trying to move folders around?

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