ShareFile

Switching over to a new computer is certainly fun for a geek, but getting back to a perfectly tuned configuration can be a lot of work, whether you synchronize (part of) your data to the cloud or not.

When you have a cloud-based file sharing service it makes a lot of sense to synchronize part or all of the data with your desktop computer. Citrix ShareFile offers the Sync for Windows tool for that purpose. However, once you open its configuration screen you notice that has a severe restriction: it can only synchronize to a single local folder. In many cases it would make much more sense to synchronize different cloud folders to different locations on your hard disk. When I complained to the product manager Peter Schulz about this I learned about a hidden gem: the single folder restriction is only present in the UI; the underlying sync engine is much more flexible. And the best thing is: the sync engine can be configured from PowerShell. Here is how.