- Synchronization server for clients on various platforms
- Cross-office file collaboration among Synology NAS servers
- File management on web portal
- Integrated with Synology Office for online file editing
- Generates safe and secure file sharing links
General
Features
Specifications
- Compatible with DSM 7.0 or above
- Please refer to DSM System Requirements for a list of supported browsers
- For Synology Drive Server versions 3.0 and above:
- Connected Synology Drive client applications, including Synology Drive Client and Synology Drive ShareSync, must be updated to version 3.0 and above to ensure compatibility
- The following packages from Package Center must be installed first:
- Synology Universal Search
- Synology Application Service
- Universal Viewer
Application component
Synology Drive Admin Console
Features
- Service management center for administrators to monitor and control business data assets and resources on Synology Drive
- File synchronization server for corresponding client applications on computers, mobile phones, and other Synology NAS servers
- Option to select specific shared folders on Synology NAS for access in Synology Drive with history version policies
- Flexible settings for users' access and sharing permissions to suit any deployment scenarios
- Point-in-time history version restoration of files and folders
Specifications
- Manage shared folders with versioning policies
- Up to 32 historical file versions with deduplication across versions
- Rotate historical versions with durations of 7, 30, 60, or 120 days
- Retention policy options: first-in-first-out or Intelliversioning algorithm to preserve significant file versions
- Advanced security options available for shared folders (e.g., restrict file downloads, add watermarks)
- Compatible with Synology Drive Server 3.4 and above versions
- Full functionality requires updating to Synology Drive Client 3.4, Synology Drive mobile app 3.3 and above versions
- Restrict downloads only applicable to non-admin users
- For the watermarking function:
- Supports up to 32 characters
- Customizable settings for content, font color, angle, and transparency
- Supports files of up to 100 MB in size
- Limited to specific file types (Learn more)
- Only supports Synology NAS models with 2 GB or higher RAM (Learn more)
- Sync tasks are not supported
- For read-only users, Hybrid Share folders with the watermark function enabled cannot be directly downloaded from C2 Storage
- Recommended number of concurrent computer client connections per Synology NAS varies by model (Refer to the product specifications of each model)
- Supports logging and exporting system information for monitoring purposes, including service disruption, system health status, events, or modification of files or shared folder configurations
- Allows non-admin users to set sharing permissions
- Public sharing with password enforcement and expiration time
- Direct sharing with assigned DSM users and group accounts
- Export sharing link reports with detailed information about sharing links in selected folders
- Allows non-admin users to create file requests
- Password protection and expiration time options available
- Supports managing shared labels
- Assign privileges to non-admin users to create shared labels
- Supports transferring ownership to other users
- Supports file locking on shared folders
- Connected Synology Drive client applications, including Synology Drive Client and Synology Drive ShareSync, must be updated to version 4.0.0 or above to ensure compatibility
- Automatic or manual file locking options available
- Administrators can force unlock files
- Blacklist file types (e.g., documents, music, videos, images), file names, file extensions, and set maximum file size for syncing files by specific users
- Connection list of client applications with detailed information such as device name, username, application type, online/offline status, IP address, and location. Includes options to unlink connections or remotely wipe synced files from devices
- Customizable content indexing rules for each shared folder to enhance search functionality in Synology Drive
- Calculate application's storage usage and manually clean up deleted files in recycle bins to free up space
- Version Explorer allows administrators to switch view roles, browse file/folder version history, and download/restore them with minute-level version granularity
Limitations
- Mounted shared folders cannot be enabled as Team Folders
Synology Drive ShareSync
Features
- Real-time collaboration via two-way synchronization with multiple Synology NAS servers in multiple locations
- One-way synchronization to distribute or collect data and files to remote Synology NAS servers
- Flexible options to sync folders and selectively sync sub-folders to prevent redundant file syncing
Specifications
- Sync files on shared folder basis or selectively sync sub-folders with multiple Synology NAS servers
- Flexible sync mode settings with either syncing all privileges, only domain user privileges or files excluding permissions and metadata
- Two-way sync or one-way upload/download to meet different remote offices and collaboration needs
- Blacklisting file types (e.g., documents, music, videos, images, etc.), file name, file extensions, and maximum file size for syncing files and folders for each syncing task
- Options to tackle file version conflict by either keeping the latest modified version, or keeping the version on the server and renaming to keep the discarded version
- Monitors the syncing status with connected servers' information and connection status for error handling
- Monitors and logs detailed file syncing events which can be filtered by shared folders, keywords, or date range
Limitations
- Under the following circumstances, files will not be synced by Synology Drive ShareSync:
- Certain file types or file paths containing certain characters (Learn more)
- The file path is longer than 2,048 characters
- The file name is longer than 255 characters
- Each Synology NAS can connect with multiple remote Synology NAS servers, but a Synology NAS can only be paired with a remote Synology NAS once
- A local shared folder cannot be set as the sync folder for multiple remote Synology NAS servers simultaneously
- Mounted shared folders and folders without write permission cannot be used as sync folders
- Mounting folders on the local sync folder is not supported
Synology Drive
Features
- Access files via the web portal and collaborate through Team Folders, using personal or shared labels and stars to categorize or highlight important files
- Granular and flexible file/folder permission settings for secure sharing scenarios
- Integration with the online editing tool Synology Office and instant messaging service Synology Chat for seamless team collaboration
Specifications
- Supported browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge
- Organize files with personal labels, shared labels, or hotkeys, and sort by title, modified time, type, owner, or size
- Collect files from external users via file requests
- Content searching via DSM built-in package Synology Universal Search with a variety of search criteria (e.g., keyword, location, type, owner, labels, size, and date) to quickly gather the most relevant data
- Customizable permission settings to share folders and files only with other DSM users, or share publicly with the protection of password and validity period
- Monitors and logs detailed user actions and events, including file manipulations, permission modifications, and version rotations
- Provides the ability for team collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, and slides through the integration with Synology Office
- Sends important update notifications via the Synology instant message application Synology Chat
- Backs up Synology Drive to local or remote destinations and restores the settings and data of the package to a previous point in time with the Synology package Hyper Backup
Limitations
- Deleted files from Team Folder will be placed in Recycle Bin, which is only accessible by system administrators
- Symbolic link files or folders are not displayed in the Synology Drive web portal
Affiliated Utility
Synology Drive Client
Features
- Desktop application to synchronize files and folders between the computer and the Synology Drive server to access, browse, and share files via file browser
- Real-time or scheduled computer backup from local computer to Synology Drive Server with the capability to restore files and folders on the client side
- File locking to ensure only one user can edit a file at a time, preventing conflicts
Specifications
- Synology Drive Server package must be installed on your Synology NAS
- Supported operating systems:
- Windows: Windows 10 2004 and above (excluding Windows 10 on ARM and Windows Server editions)
- macOS: macOS 12 Monterey and above (64-bit)
- Linux: Ubuntu 20.04 and above (officially supported versions)
- Create up to 64 sync tasks with Synology Drive Client for Windows environment
- The On-demand Sync feature helps reduce computer capacity consumption and overhead on the server (Available on Windows 10 version 1809, macOS 12.3, and above versions)
- File access from file browser on local computer with synchronization with My Drive, Team Folder, and Shared with me folders on Synology Drive Server
- Two-way sync or one-way upload/download to meet different collaboration needs
- Blacklisting file name, file extensions, and maximum file size for each sync task
- Flexible backup settings with continuous, manual, or schedule mode to meet different backup needs
- Monitors and logs file manipulations, including downloads, delete, rename, etc.
Limitations
- The maximum number of files each Synology Drive Client can sync is 500,000. Exceeding this figure may reduce the application's performance and cause unexpected errors
- Certain file and drive types are not supported on Synology Drive sync task (Learn more)
- .pst files are not supported because .pst files are not guaranteed to be portable
- Only one backup task can be established for one account
- Folders already synced or folders that are ancestor or child folders to a synced folder cannot be selected for sync task
- If the local folder contains a folder mounted via other file protocols, files inside this mount point might not be synced because Synology Drive cannot detect file changes inside a mount point
- On-demand Sync
- Local folders which are already synced with Synology Drive's On-demand Sync, OneDrive's File On-Demand, or iCloud Drive and their child folders cannot be selected for a task with On-demand Sync
- Root drive directories (e.g., C:\ and D:\) and home directories (e.g., C:\Users<username>) cannot be selected as On-demand Sync folder
Synology Drive (Mobile)
Features
- Easy access and file management on the go with file searching, sharing, moving, applying labels, and creating customized collections in iOS and Android environments
- Granular and flexible file or folder permission settings for secure sharing scenarios
- Offline access to view the files downloaded to the local device
- Keep files and folders up-to-date with the sync function
- Protects photos and videos on the mobile device with the photo backup function
- Protects files on WeChat with the WeChat backup function (Only on China version)
Specifications
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System requirements
- iOS: 17.0 or above
- Android: 8.0 or above
- File management with labels, stars, sorting by title, modified time, type, owner, and size
- Content searching with a variety of criteria (e.g., keyword, location, type, owner, labels, size, and date) to quickly gather the most relevant data
- Customizable permission settings to share folders and files only with other DSM users, or share publicly with the protection of password and validity period
- Secure application lock with passcode (Fingerprint scanner supported)
- Photo backup to custom backup path for flexible management
- Enhanced protection of mobile data with two-way and one-way sync task that allows for setting custom sync rules
- Offline access and auto-update for multiple files on a local device
- Supports editing Synology Office documents and spreadsheets (Requires Synology Drive Server 3.2.0-795, Synology Office 3.5, Android 10.0, iOS 14.0, and above versions)
- Supports annotating PDF files, including text highlighting, adding notes, and signing PDF documents. On iOS, annotations will be updated to the original file in Synology Drive; on Android, users can choose to replace the original file or save as a new file
- Supports editing .txt and .md files within the app, including Markdown syntax support for .md files
- Option to view files by file types (e.g., document, photo, video, music) and to create custom Collections
- Integration with iOS Files and Android document provider as a universal entry to easily browse, open, edit, or move files among different storage apps
- Supports viewing general file formats (Supported file formats)
- Accelerates file loading speed with cache management
- Provides storage usage and quota limit information of each team folder
- Supports dark theme settings
Limitations
- On iOS devices, Synology Slides cannot be viewed if the files are opened with links that do not allow downloads or copies
- PDF annotation is only available for documents that allow editing
- On Android devices, PDF annotations in the Synology Drive mobile app can be made and displayed in any character types. However, in third-party apps, annotations will disappear unless the character type is one of the following:
- Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)
- Cyrillic
- Greek
- Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji)
- Korean (Hangul and Hanja)
- Latin
