Microsoft is bringing back OneDrive placeholder, but the feature is called “On-Demand Sync” and is expected to be available with the Windows 10 Redstone 2 update.
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How to display OneDrive placeholders in Windows 10
OneDrive placeholders are returning to Windows 10, but the feature will be called "on-demand sync" instead. The concept of OneDrive placeholders was to store a small piece of metadata with a thumbnail of a file, rather than downloading the entire file to your computer. This allowed gigabytes of data to be "synced" with just a few hundred megabytes. Then, when you needed the file, a simple double-click on the placeholder would download the rest.
The problem was that many users didn't really understand how the feature worked. This resulted in many users not knowing how to access their files offline. Unfortunately, to avoid further confusion, Microsoft removed the feature in the early days of Windows 10.
After numerous requests and a lot of feedback, Microsoft announced during its Ignite technology conference that the feature is returning. However, instead of calling it Placeholder, the feature will be called On-Demand Sync.
