Using Onedrive from Linux will be slower but adding "Windows" to the user agent speeds up

The problem of Microsoft's cloud storage service "Onedrive for Business" is that the speed dramatically slows down compared with Windows when OS used is Linux.

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Cloud storage service "Onedrive for BusinessIs a service that allows multiple people to collaborate. Onedrive for Business initially did not support the Linux OS, but after that, an update that can be used on the Linux OS was also applied.

However, "Using Onedrive for Business from Linux is very slow, but adding Windows to the user agent will be very fast" was listed on Microsoft's support forum on November 26, 2016.


I raised a question of doubtDam LecIt is said that using Linux based Ubuntu with Chrome · Firefox is slower than accessing from Windows OS. Interestingly, when Lec added 'Windows' to user agent, Onedrive for Business accelerated as expected. A user agent is a code that informs a website of the type of browser and OS being used, and is a function provided for the web server to distribute content compatible with the browser. Lec succeeded in speeding up by disguising as "accessing from Windows" accessing Onedrive for Business from Linux.


Lec wondered about this treatment, I asked "Can not remove the function to check user agents with Onedrive for Business?", But Microsoft's support is only to guide how to change user agents to the last .


Mr. Lec responded by installing an extension function that can select and switch the user agent as needed, if necessary, but we assert that this is just a workaround and can not be said to be a solution.


In response to this interaction, we seek to improve the behavior of Onedrive for Business, such as the opinion that "User agent checking function is a function added at a later time, forcing mid-term to use Onedrive for Business on Windows" An indication was issued.


After all, Microsoft did not respond to the problem that the speed was considerably inferior on Linux which is not confirmed as Windows with Onedrive for Business user agent check. As a result, Lec wrote that "Thank you, I will return to the Google App suite" and write it on Onedrive for When I stop using Business, I am confronted with a three-and-a-half.


About three months after the problem was pointed out, it was March 23, 2017, and we report that the problem of slowing down when Microsoft accessed Onedrive for Business from Linux was completely solved.