A SharePoint workspace is automatically synchronized with the
SharePoint site as follows:
-All updates you make in a SharePoint workspace are immediately sent to the SharePoint site when you save them.
-All content in the SharePoint workspace and the SharePoint site is automatically synchronized as frequently as possible, at minimum every 10 minutes, depending on network traffic.
Desktop attributes:-
Issue description:-
That’s
it- Click OK.
-All updates you make in a SharePoint workspace are immediately sent to the SharePoint site when you save them.
-All content in the SharePoint workspace and the SharePoint site is automatically synchronized as frequently as possible, at minimum every 10 minutes, depending on network traffic.
Desktop attributes:-
Windows 7 OS
Internet explorer (IE)
9.0
SharePoint 2010
Office 2010 – make sure
this is office professional plus
Issue description:-
Sync
to SharePoint Workspace is disabled.
Error message:-
This control is currently disabled.
How exactly it
works? – Best article to understand the functionality
1) Tried
opening the site with Mozilla Firefox as well as Google chrome but still same
results i.e. Sync to SharePoint Workspace option is greyed out/disabled.
2) Installed
Microsoft SharePoint workspace 2010 on the desktop and then tried to open the
site again to check the results but still the option is disable.
Resolution:-
1) Open
the document library in which you are facing the problem.
2) From
the top Ribbon-Library Tools
3) Click
on Library
4) Library
Settings
5) General
Settings-Advanced Settings
6) Go to
section- Offline Client Availability
7) Option-
Allow items from this document library to be downloaded to offline clients?
8) By
default this option is set to NO
9) Switch
it to Yes- Please refer the following screenshot for more details
Go
back to the document library to check the results. You should be able to see
that option in enable mode.
If
you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned
information
then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as
resolves your issues, Thank you.
Product applies to:
1) SharePoint Server
2010
2) SharePoint
Foundation 2010
Reference: