Microsoft 365 apps will prompt users to back up files in OneDrive

Starting mid-March 2025, Microsoft will start prompting users of its Microsoft 365 apps for Windows to back up their files to OneDrive. These prompts will be displayed in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, encouraging users to enroll in OneDrive Known Folder Move (KFM). As the company explains in a new Microsoft 365 Message Center entry, they'll first roll out in public preview until early April 2025 and will be made generally available worldwide by early May 2025. "If your organization still has users who are not enrolled in KFM, the message ("BACK UP THIS DOCUMENT: Share and work with others in this and other files using OneDrive") will encourage them to do it while using familiar desktop apps," Microsoft said. "After users select the Open OneDrive button, they can select the folders they want to back up in OneDrive." OneDrive backup prompts in Microsoft 365 (Microsoft) ​Microsoft says these OneDrive backup prompts will not be displayed for users whose organizations have blocked OneD ... Read full article.