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Need recommendation for advising team on local syncing best practices
We will be doing a very large reorganization of our Dropbox - making new structures in folders, moving files, and archiving unneeded stuff. In terms of offering the team guidance on re-syncing only n...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffIf it is a normal shared folder, either created by you or by another person, then it would appear in your personal folder.
Team folders (which are also shared folders in a manner of speaking, but for the team) would appear outside the personal folder in the main team space. Sorry for any confusion.
Jay those team folders are what we create after we upgrade the subscription, correct? And in theory we can move folders from our personal folder to Team folders space? Is that something the Admin does so as not to create an issue with everyone trying to move folders around?
- Jay
That's correct, you can move folders you own from the personal folder into team folders.
This is usually done by the users, however, the team admin would need to access those other user accounts, if they have the option to do so.
Jay Ok, now knowing these things I am curious as to the advantages of moving into a Business Teams account and absorbing everyone compared to just keeping everyone on individual plans since changing account types seems to then create the "issue" of a whole new structure type? In terms of the overall benefits (differences) of a Business Teams versus our individual accounts, can you point me to a place that lists it out?
- Jay
The different plans appear on this page, with the differences between them.
Broadly speaking, Dropbox Business teams allow the team admin to own all data on all the user accounts, with the option to delete users at any moment.
Personal accounts mean the data is owned by that user, and no other person. If someone has a shared folder, and they're the owner, they own that data and can easily remove anyone else from the folder, which no option to regain access to the folder if the owner doesn't allow them.
