[OPLINTECH] Office 2013, SkyDrive, & local policies

[Phil Shirley]

Chad,

Thanks for your response. I've found a registry hack that disables 
SkyDrive (at least for CurrentUser; I'm going to have to remind myself 
how to generalize that for all users), and also supposedly a group 
policy option.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj683102.aspx

http://www.verboon.info/index.php/2012/08/how-to-partially-remove-the-skydrive-option-in-office-2013-using-group-policy/

Phil

On 7/19/2013 3:10 PM, Chad Neeper wrote:
> Not to mention the whole privacy issue. Any data stored in the cloud is
> potentially accessible via hosting company mistakes (I see reports of
> that periodically), attacks, and (as recently come to light) it's
> apparently freely/readily/automatically given to the government! Storing
> library operational data is one thing, but you might think twice about
> storing any patron-identifiable data.
>
> For my own use, I map my data folder to Google Cloud, so my stuff is
> automatically backed up to Google every time a file is changed. I find
> it hugely convenient and reassuring that I have an up-to-the-second copy
> of my data. However, I'm trying to find a good way to automatically
> encrypt/decrypt the individual files on the fly. Security is my biggest
> concern with the setup.
>
> WRT your specific question, does perhaps SkyDrive have a method to force
> individual users to store data in a shared (library-owned) repository,
> thus eliminating the issues you're concerned about?
>
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> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Phil Shirley
> <pshirley at cuyahogafallslibrary.org
> <mailto:pshirley at cuyahogafallslibrary.org>> wrote:
>
>     What's your policy or practice regarding what staff can do with
>     library documents and data? What are your thoughts on this?
>
>     We're going to start using Office 2013, and I noticed that it
>     encourages you to use SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud-based storage for
>     documents, etc.
>
>     I like the idea of storing things on our server rather that in a
>     Microsoft account that only the individual has access to. The
>     documents that staff create belong to the library, not to the
>     person, and if the person leaves or is fired or is unable to return
>     to work for whatever reason, I think the library should have access
>     to the documents the person created. There's also the issue of
>     handling sensitive data.
>
>     I'm considering disabling SkyDrive. I've heard that some
>     organizations do this in order to enforce their policies about data
>     storage.
>
>     Phil
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>     Phil Shirley
>     Technology Services Coordinator
>     Cuyahoga Falls Library
>     Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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>     pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org
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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org

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