Authentication
requirements and steps required to map a network drive in Office 365
SharePoint.
1. Login to the Portal http://portal.microsoftonline.com
Sign in to the
SharePoint Online site by using your Office 365 credentials. Make sure that you
click to select the Keep me signed in check box. This is important because you
need to be (and stay) authenticated via the web portal to access the SharePoint
document library via a mapped drive.
2. Click Start, Right-click Computer,
and then click Map Network Drive
3. Click the "Connect to a Web site that
you can store your documents and pictures" link, and then click Next two
times.
4. Type the site URL, click Next, and
then follow the instructions in the wizard.
Depending on
your permissions level you may need to map to a document library level
5. Remove the tick from "automatically
detect settings" in your proxy settings page (found in the connections tab in
Internet options).
This Really makes a big
difference to folder traversal in explorer.
Conclusion
If you encounter issues with the mapped
drive disconnecting follow these steps
Make sure that you are authenticated to
Office 365. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Sign in to the SharePoint Online site
by using your Office 365 credentials, and make sure that you click to select the
Keep me signed in check box.
2. Open a document library in Explorer
View.
3. Try to access the mapped network
drive.
If you are authenticated to Office 365
and the issue persists, make sure that an entry for SharePoint is added to the
Trusted sites zone in Windows Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these
steps:
1. On the Tools menu In Internet
Explorer, click Internet options.
2. Click the Security tab, click the
Trusted sites zone, and then click Sites.
3. Verify that the following entries are
listed in the Websites list:
• https://*.outlook.com
•
https://*.sharepoint.com
•
https://*.microsoftonline.com
• https://*.lync.com
4. If these entries are not present, add
them to the Trusted sites list of websites.
5. Click the Local intranet zone, click
Sites, and then click Advanced.
6. Verify that the following entries are
listed in the Websites list:
•
*.microsoftonline.com
•
*.sharepoint.com
•
*.outlook.com
•
*.lync.com
7. If these entries are not present, add
them to the Local intranet zone list of websites.
