Accessing multiple OneDrive for Business accounts under different tenants.

Question

_{Wednesday, April 5, 2017 7:28 PM | 1 vote}

Howdy,

We have Company A and Company B who both have their own Office 365 accounts and use OneDrive for Business.  Company B is just one person.  We have one person who works for Company A but who is the assistant for someone in Company B.  This user will have her own OneDrive for Business account under Company A but needs to have full access to the OneDrive account for the person she works for under Company B.  How can set set this up?

Ideally I'd like to see a OneDrive - CompanyA folder and a OneDrive - CompanyB folder (or OneDrive - PersonB) or something like that so she can tell things apart.  Can I somehow go into the Admin area of Company B and share out the Onedrive?  We'd like to have both OneDrives sync down to her local machine and not have to access them via the web.

Hopefully that makes sense.  If I can provide any more information, please let me know.

Thanks!

All replies (7)

_{Thursday, April 6, 2017 6:51 AM}

Hi,

From the description, you want to see the folder shared from external user in Windows Explorer, correct? If this is the case, I'm afraid it's not possible. You can share with external users via the instructions here, but it will only give you a shared link which you can click in to see the shared contents.

Regards,

Steve Fan

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_{Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:32 PM}

Howdy,

I was on vacation and forgot to come update this.  Does it change anything if the assistant has an O365 account under both companies?  Can the main person in Company B share his OneDrive with the assistant's account under Company B?  Then can she sync both of her OneDrive accounts down to her laptop so she sees OneDrive - Company A and OneDrive - Company B?

Thanks.

_{Wednesday, April 19, 2017 2:35 AM}

Bump for any other info

_{Monday, April 24, 2017 6:23 PM}

Anyone else know how someone can use two different OD4B accounts on one computer if that's possible?

_{Wednesday, April 26, 2017 9:44 AM}

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it won't change anything even the assistant has an O365 account under both companies.

Regards,

Steve Fan

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_{Wednesday, May 3, 2017 4:07 PM | 3 votes}

Right click on the OneDrive for Business icon in the system tray and go to settings. On the "Account" tab, choose "Add an Account". After the O365 login box, you will get an additional OneDrive for Business folder setup on the computer for the other tenant.

I currently have OneDrive for Business setup on my workstation with 3 different tenants so I know it works.

_{Friday, November 9, 2018 5:54 PM}

This worked perfectly. Thanks a lot.

TRB