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If your business uses SharePoint, there's a good chance your files are not where you think they are right now.
I've seen it dozens of times. Someone uploads a hundred photos from the field. Gets back to the office. Opens the folder. Half of them are gone. No error. No warning. Just missing.
Nothing broke, the files are just following a poorly designed sync rule, because no-one took the time to implement best practices.
And that's the real issue — not SharePoint. The way most businesses are set up to use it.
Here's what this looks like in practice:
Folders "move themselves" — really just an accidental drag that nobody catches until later.
Mobile uploads say they worked — but sync pauses and files sit stranded for hours.
One person sees updates instantly. Another swears nothing is changing. Same folder. Same file.
File Explorer moves behave completely different than browser moves, especially under heavy activity.
Most people chalk it up to SharePoint being weird and move on. They shouldn't.
SharePoint isn't weird. It's following rules nobody reviewed. And when you don't know the rules, you don't know when you're breaking them — until something actually goes wrong.
The fix isn't complicated.
Smaller libraries. Fewer nested folders. More done in the browser, less through sync.
Download my quick guide here:
And if you need an expert opinion - or just don’t want to deal with it. Contact me, my team can do it for you.
Until next week,
—Jared
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