Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Data Integrity using Allowed Storage Locations | Removal Drives Sync Roots Local Drives using Intune #msintune #htmdcommunity #dataintegrity
Set Allowed Storage Locations policy drop down options:
1. Access to all storage locations.
2. Access to all storage locations.
3. Removable Drives
4. Sync roots
5. Removable Drives, Sync roots
6. Local Drives
7. Removable Drives, Local Drives
8. Sync Roots, Local Drives
9. Removable Drives, Sync Roots, Local Drives
===
Today, we're going to look into one of the most important and critical configuration or policy settings that you can use to prevent data loss for your organization. This policy is a crucial component of your organization's security and data governance strategy.
The decision to enable, disable, or select a particular configuration for this policy is entirely up to your organization's specific needs for data security, compliance, and user productivity
==
why would organizations want to enable and configure this? One of the main reasons is DLP—that's nothing but Data Loss Prevention. Another key reason is to meet compliance and regulatory requirements
The third point is malware and ransomware protection. This policy can help limit the impact of such attacks by controlling where data can be saved.
By default, the configuration of this policy is 'Not configured'. If you don't want to have any specific storage settings, then you can leave it, and users will be free to configure their storage as per their needs.
If you look at different industries such as healthcare, manufacturing units, and financial institutions, they will all have different kinds of requirements for data storage and compliance.
Intune - Under 'File Explorer,' you will find a setting called 'Set Allowed Storage Locations.'
0:00 - Introduction: What is the "Set Allowed Storage Locations" policy?
0:13 - Step 1: Creating a new Intune Configuration Profile.
0:31 - Step 2: Finding the correct policy setting in the Settings Catalog.
1:09 - Step 3: Configuring the policy and defining allowed locations.
1:32 - Step 4: Assigning the policy to users or devices.
1:50 - Final thoughts and summary.
Data Integrity using Allowed Storage Locations | Removal Drives Sync Roots Local Drives using Intune #msintune #htmdcommunity #dataintegrity
Set Allowed Storage Locations policy drop down options:
1. Access to all storage locations.
2. Access to all storage locations.
3. Removable Drives
4. Sync roots
5. Removable Drives, Sync roots
6. Local Drives
7. Removable Drives, Local Drives
8. Sync Roots, Local Drives
9. Removable Drives, Sync Roots, Local Drives
===
Today, we're going to look into one of the most important and critical configuration or policy settings that you can use to prevent data loss for your organization. This policy is a crucial component of your organization's security and data governance strategy.
The decision to enable, disable, or select a particular configuration for this policy is entirely up to your organization's specific needs for data security, compliance, and user productivity
==
why would organizations want to enable and configure this? One of the main reasons is DLP—that's nothing but Data Loss Prevention. Another key reason is to meet compliance and regulatory requirements
The third point is malware and ransomware protection. This policy can help limit the impact of such attacks by controlling where data can be saved.
By default, the configuration of this policy is 'Not configured'. If you don't want to have any specific storage settings, then you can leave it, and users will be free to configure their storage as per their needs.
If you look at different industries such as healthcare, manufacturing units, and financial institutions, they will all have different kinds of requirements for data storage and compliance.
Intune - Under 'File Explorer,' you will find a setting called 'Set Allowed Storage Locations.'
0:00 - Introduction: What is the "Set Allowed Storage Locations" policy?
0:13 - Step 1: Creating a new Intune Configuration Profile.
0:31 - Step 2: Finding the correct policy setting in the Settings Catalog.
1:09 - Step 3: Configuring the policy and defining allowed locations.
1:32 - Step 4: Assigning the policy to users or devices.
1:50 - Final thoughts and summary.
