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Forum Discussion
Can I link a Dropbox account to 200 devices?
Hi,
I run a tuition company and we display our resources to pupils using 200 tablet computers. Each pupil is issued a Lenovo android tablet when they arrive at the centre.
We are currently using OneDrive to do this.
When pupils arrive, they open the OneDrive app and they go to the shared folder and the resource is there.
To do this, we use one single 'main account' to store and share the resources and another single 'receiving account' to receive the shared resources, which are then made available offline.
It means that the receiving account that is receiving the resources has to be simultaneously logged into 200 devices.
Is this possible on this platform?
If it is please could you advise the best plan to do this and the best way to set the admin account up?
Thank you for reading this far 🙂
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hey sam135! Thanks for posting your question here. Let’s get into it.
In short, yes, what you describe is possible.
To do this though, the Dropbox account that will be linked to all these devices will have to be upgraded to a paid plan (there isn’t a device restriction on any of our paid subscriptions at the moment). You can also check more details on this here.
After that, you should be able to install the mobile app on your tablets, and log in with your Dropbox credentials, so that your pupils can access the content you've shared from your other Dropbox account.
If the files you want to share from the original account are more than 2GB in total, then you'll need to upgrade it as well, to get some extra space and accommodate your files.
Let me know, if you want me to clarify something else.
Thanks for your rapid response Nancy!
Sorry two more quick questions
1) can the folders that are shared be made available offline by the 'reciever"?
2) is there anyway to stop those files being downloaded by the receiver?
Thank you in advance for your support
- Nancy
Hey sam135! Your pupils can make the shared files/folders available offline on the tablet with these steps.
The option to disable downloads for shared files/folders is only available if you create a shared link instead (and on specific subscriptions).
