In just a few clicks you will be able to:Īfter installing the extension, click on the Screencastify icon ( ), which will open the Screencastify Setup page. Note: If you are a Google Workspace Business customer, you can disable this feature by Google Organization.When you connect your Google Drive to Screencastify, all of your recordings will automatically save to your Google Drive in a folder titled 'Screencastify.' NOTE: We highly recommend connecting your Google Drive to Screencastify and saving all of your recordings there vs. In the Drive section, select the checkbox Do not allow Backup and Sync in your organization. Scroll down and press Features and Applications.Ħ. We recommend disabling the 'Back up & sync' feature at your domain level.ĥ.

In large organizations, the use of Back up and sync can have a negative impact on the internet bandwidth.

Managing incidents related to 'Back up & sync' requires logs to be retrieved from the user’s computer.

document subscription cancellation (user doesn't see the document from Google Drive).

The behavior of the synchronized files locally is not trivial and can cause a misunderstanding with end users, especially when the user is not the owner of the document.Local files infected by viruses (cryptovirus or ransomware type) can synchronize corrupted files back to Google Drive if the user has edit rights on these files.Keep in mind that all the files and folders managed by AODocs are owned by the storage account of the library.ĪODocs doesn't support the use of 'Back up & sync' and strongly recommends you to disable it for the following reasons: If a file or a folder belonging to an AODocs library is added to a user's My Drive, they can use the Drive Sync client and synchronize the file locally on their computer.

Learn more: Google Workspace admin help – Choose a sync solution. The feature Google Drive Back up & sync (formerly called 'Google Drive for your Mac/PC' or 'Drive Sync client') can synchronize Google Drive files and folders from your My Drive to a local folder on your computer.

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