Attach2Cloud
Attach2Cloud can be configured to display the Attached File Control Center at the time the MS Outlook users send emails containing attached files.
The Attach2Cloud Attached File Control Center enables users to take full control on the upload of their attached files to OneDrive!

The Attach2Cloud Attached File Control Center

When pressing the Send button of your MS Outlook email form:

Attach2Cloud is automatically triggered when clicking the Send button of your MS Outlook email form

Attach2Cloud can be configured to instantly display the Attached File Control Center, giving you the full control on the upload of your attached files to OneDrive, in a single panel:

The Attach2Cloud Attached File Control Center gives you the full control on the upload of your MS Outlook attached files to OneDrive

For each of your email attached files, decide, in one click, about its upload to OneDrive

1. Select which MS Outlook Attached files you want to upload to OneDrive

You don’t want to upload a given attached file to OneDrive?

Simply uncheck the corresponding “Upload to OneDrive” checkbox.

Unchecking the upload to OneDrive checkbox keeps your MS Outlook attached files as standard attachments

When unchecking an “Upload to OneDrive” checkbox, a floating window is automatically displayed enabling you to uncheck all files, or all files of the same type as the file you just unchecked, in one click.
This floating window is automatically cleared when you click anywhere in the main window. (You do not need to click Cancel).

You can select a target OneDrive folder for each of your email attached files

2. For each of your email attached files, you can select a target OneDrive folder

You would prefer to upload an attached file to a OneDrive folder other than the default Attachments folder?

Simply click on the “Target OneDrive Folder” cell and select your preferred target OneDrive folder among a list of pre-defined folders.

Using the Target OneDrive folder combo-list, you can upload your MS Outlook attached files to your preferred OneDrive folders

The list of OneDrive folders displayed when clicking the “Target OneDrive folder” cell can be (fully or partially) centrally managed or (fully or partially) managed by the user.

More about Attach2Cloud target OneDrive folders…

See that, when you select a different target OneDrive folder for your attached file, a floating window is automatically displayed, enabling you to also apply, in one click, the selected folder to all files, or to all files of the same type as the file you just edited.
This floating window is automatically cleared when you click anywhere in the main window. (You do not need to click Cancel):

Apply your target OneDrive folder selection to all of the attached files of the same type in one click

If you click the “All jpg files” button, Attach2Cloud takes the opportunity to ask you if you want to create a rule based on the action you just performed. If you plan to always upload your jpg attached files to the OneDrive folder you just selected, it is a good idea to click Yes.

Let’s click on “All files“.

Your attached files are now set to be uploaded to the selected OneDrive folder:

Your attached JPG files are now set to be uploaded to the Attachments/Picture OneDrive folder

The contextual right-click Manage your target OneDrive folders menu displayed when doing a right-click on a Target OneDrive folder column cell enables to manage your target OneDrive folders:

Right-click / Manage target folders on a Target OneDrive folder column cell to manage your target OneDrive folders
The Attach2Cloud Target OneDrive Folder Manager enables to manage your preferred OneDrive target folders (MS Outlook attached file upload destinations)

You can add as many target OneDrive folders as you need. Attach2Coud will create them automatically if they don’t exists.
These folders will be listed in the combo-list displayed when clicking on the “Target OneDrive folder” column cells.

Decide, for each of your email attached files, for how long you want to keep it in OneDrive

3. Decide, for each of your email attached files, for how long you want to keep it in OneDrive

You don’t want to keep a given uploaded attached file forever in OneDrive?

Simply ask Attach2Cloud to delete this file from OneDrive after a given number of days by entering this number of days in the “Delete after (days)” cell.

Attach2Cloud can delete the MS Outlook attached files you upload to OneDrive after a given number of days

See that, when you enter and validate a number of days, a floating window is automatically displayed, enabling you to also apply this number of days to all files, or to all files of the same type as the file you just edited, in one click.
This floating window is automatically cleared when you click anywhere in the main window. (You do not need to click Cancel).

If you apply the number of days you just entered to All jpg files (by clicking the “All jpg files” button), Attach2Cloud takes the opportunity to ask you if you want to create a rule based on the action you just performed.
If you want Attach2Cloud to always delete the attached jpg files uploaded to OneDrive after 30 days, it is a good idea to click Yes:

Create a rule to have Attach2Cloud setting the "Delete after" value you just entered as the default value for the attached files of the same type

Choose the OneDrive permissions to apply to your attached files once they are uploaded to OneDrive

3. Decide, for each of your email attached files, for how long you want to keep it in OneDrive

The proposed OneDrive Permission is not the one you need?

Simply select another one by clicking on the “Permissions” field.

Attach2Cloud can delete the MS Outlook attached files you upload to OneDrive after a given number of days

See that, when you select a OneDrive permission to apply to a file, a floating window is automatically displayed enabling you to apply this permission to all files, in one click.
This floating window is automatically cleared when you click anywhere in the main window. (You do not need to click No):

Create a rule to have Attach2Cloud setting the "Delete after" value you just entered as the default value for the attached files of the same type

Once you are done, click the OK button to send your email

Click the OK button to have Attach2Cloud uploading your email attached files to OneDrive as per your instructions

Attach2Cloud will manage to automatically upload your attached files to OneDrive as per your instructions and to replace the uploaded attached files by OneDrive shortcuts in your email being sent.

There is no delay implied. As soon as you click OK, your email is put in the Outlook Outbox and will be sent as soon as the upload of the attached files to OneDrive is finished. You can continue working in MS Outlook during this time.

This is the email received by John. The attached files have been replaced by OneDrive shortcuts:

Attach2Cloud has replaced the files you originally attached to your MS Outlook email by OneDrive shortcuts

The copy of the sent email stored in your MS Outlook Sent Items folder contains the same OneDrive shortcuts.

The comment you see at the top of the email body has been automatically inserted by Attach2Cloud. This comment is optional and configurable.

About the Attach2Cloud centrally managed usage policies

The Attach2Cloud Administrators can define and manage Attach2Cloud usage policies centrally. For instance the upload of some files to OneDrive can be forced based on their size or their types.

In case some files listed in the Attach2Cloud Attached File Report fall under the control of centrally managed usage policies, they appeared greyed out and users cannot modify the attached file properties under the control of the policies.

For instance if an Attach2Cloud centrally managed policy forces the upload of all files larger than 15 MB to OneDrive and if some files exceeding this size limit are displayed in the Attach2Cloud Attached File Control Center, they appear greyed-out and the “Upload to OneDrive” checkbox is checked and locked. Users can’t uncheck it.

These policies are registry parameters that can be centrally managed using Windows GPOs (Group Policies Objects) or any other administration solution enabling to centrally manage user registry parameters.

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