Set Default Photos Library On

 

The default experience for most list and document libraries has changed. The new, modern experience is recommended for most lists and libraries. It is faster, has simpler navigation and allows you to accomplish many common tasks more easily. However, you may want to switch the default experience for everyone to the classic experience. By default, files that you move, copy, or save to the Documents library are stored in the Personal Documents folder. Pictures library - Use this library to access the Personal Pictures folder, where you can store digital pictures, whether you get them from your camera, scanner, or in e‑mail from other people. ICloud Photo Library. You can also change the folder that synced photos go into. By default, it'll be set to go into Pictures or iCloud Photos, but you can change that to any other that you wish. The user photos feature allows users to associate a picture with their account. User photos are stored in the user's Active Directory account and in the root directory of the user's Exchange mailbox. Administrators use the Set-UserPhoto cmdlet to configure user photos. Users can upload, preview, and save a user photo to their account by using the Outlook on the web Options page. Before you create a new Photos library, you have to disassociate your current library as your system default. (If you don't use iCloud Photo Library, you can skip these steps.) Open Photos on your Mac. Go to the Photos menu. Select Preferences. Click on the iCloud tab.

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This feature is not available for Office 365 Germany, Office 365 operated by 21Vianet (China), or Microsoft 365 US Government plans.
You can specify up to 30 organization asset libraries for a single organization. All of these libraries (regardless of type) must be on the same site. Only libraries (not folders) can be set as organization asset libraries.

If your organization needs to store and manage files for all your users to use, you can specify one or more document libraries on a SharePoint site as an 'organization assets library.' You can create two types of organization assets:

  • Images such as photos and logos. When a user adds a web part to any modern page in SharePoint and that web part opens the file picker, the user can select 'Your organization' in the left pane to browse the libraries you've specified.

  • PowerPoint templates. When a user selects to create a new PowerPoint presentation (from PowerPoint for the web or the PowerPoint desktop app), the user can select the tab for your organization to see the templates. (In PowerPoint for the web, the templates aren't available from the New menu. Users who want to create a file from a template need to go to the PowerPoint start page and select Office Template Library).

    Note

    • For the organization assets library to appear to a user in PowerPoint on the web, the user must be assigned a license to Office 365 E3 or E5. For users who use the PowerPoint desktop app, they also need Microsoft 365 Apps Version 2002 or later.
    • Allow up to 24 hours for the organization assets library to appear to a user in the desktop apps.
    • The files uploaded to the library must be in the template format .potx. Learn how to save a PowerPoint file in this format)

Use Microsoft PowerShell to specify a library as an organization assets library

  1. Select an existing site or create a new site for the organization assets. This can be any type of site, such as a communication site, an Office 365 group-connected team site, or a modern team site that isn't connected to an Office 365 group.

    Note

    All organization asset libraries must be on the same site.

  2. Set the permissions on the site. Add the people you want to be able to upload files as members or owners of the site or Office 365 group. Add 'Everyone except external users' as visitors. If necessary, customize the permissions for the library. You can customize the permissions of up to 100 files and folders in the library.

  3. Upload the images or PowerPoint templates to a document library.

  4. Download the latest SharePoint Online Management Shell.

    Note

    If you installed a previous version of the SharePoint Online Management Shell, go to Add or remove programs and uninstall 'SharePoint Online Management Shell.'

  5. Connect to SharePoint as a global admin in Microsoft 365. To learn how, see Getting started with SharePoint Online Management Shell.

  6. Run the following command to designate the document library as an organization assets library:

LibraryURL is the absolute URL of the library to be designated as a central location for organization assets. ThumbnailURL is the URL for the image file that you want to appear in the card's background in the file picker; this image must be on the same site as the library. The name publicly displayed for the library will be the name of the library on the SharePoint site. OrgAssetType is either ImageDocumentLibrary or OfficeTemplateLibrary. If you don't specify the OrgAssetType, the library will be designated as an image library by default. If you don't specify the CdnType, it will enable a private CDN by default. Learn more about the Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary cmdlet.

Example:

Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary -LibraryURL https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/branding/Assets -ThumbnailURL https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/branding/Assets/contosologo.jpg -OrgAssetType ImageDocumentLibrary

Note

Adding an organization assets library will enable a content delivery network (CDN) for your organization to provide fast and reliable performance for shared assets. You'll be prompted to enable a CDN for each organization asset library you add. For more information, see Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).

Set Default Photos Library Onto

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  • See information about all organization asset libraries on the site:
    Get-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary
    Learn more about this cmdlet.
  • Update thumbnail URL:
    Set-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary -LibraryUrl <String> -ThumbnailUrl <String>
    Learn more about this cmdlet.
  • Remove a library:
    Remove-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary -LibraryUrl <String>
    Learn more about this cmdlet.

iCloud and the System Photo Library

You can use iCloud Photos, Shared Albums, and My Photo Stream only with the System Photo Library. If you choose a different library in Photos without designating it as the System Photo Library, the iCloud tab in Photos preferences is disabled.

Set Default Photos Library Only

If you want to use a different library with iCloud, follow the instructions in the next section to change the System Photo Library.

How to designate a System Photo Library

If you designate a new library as the System Photo Library and then turn on iCloud Photos, the photos and videos in the new library will merge with those already in your iCloud Photos. Additionally, all photos and videos from iCloud will redownload to the device.

  1. Quit the Photos app.
  2. Hold down the Option key and open Photos. One of the photo libraries is already designated as YourLibraryName (System Photo Library).
  3. Choose the library you want to designate as the System Photo Library.
  4. After Photos opens the library, choose Photos > Preferences from the menu bar.
  5. Click the General tab.
  6. Click the Use as System Photo Library button.
    If Use as System Photo Library is grayed out, the current library is already set as your System Photo Library.

If you open a different library in the Photos app, and you haven't designated it as the System Photo Library, other applications will use photos from the original System Photo Library. Hold down the Option key when you open Photos to see which library is set as the System Photo Library.

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