


How do I know if I am using the OneDrive for Business sync client or the OneDrive sync client? Files opened directly from a SharePoint URL while the device is offline, will fail to open.Documents will have multiple entries for the Most Recently Used list, for both the local and SharePoint backed file.Note: This only affects locally synced files, not files opened directly from a SharePoint URL in a browser. Locally synced Office document types such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files that are synced by OneDrive for Business (Groove.exe) will no longer allow for co-authoring between multiple users.If you use the OneDrive for Business (Groove.exe) sync client, you will see the following changes: With the next generation OneDrive sync client (OneDrive.exe) supplanting the functionality and workloads of the older client, Microsoft will be retiring Groove.exe based coauthoring to remove the constraint of legacy technology, allowing for more functionality and better performance down the line.

Since the September 2019 update of Office 365, co-authoring capabilities are no longer available for files synced onto the local machine via the OneDrive for Business (Groove.exe) sync client.
