How to use domain verification and account capture for admins

To view domain insights and user analytics, such as recently active users and those who have changed their email, admins must first verify their business domain. Then, admins can turn on Dropbox account capture to force all team members who are using a company email address for their personal account to join their team.

Verify domains and enforce account capture to manage team member accounts securely.

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Learn how Dropbox admins verify a domain to enable domain insights and account capture.

How to verify a domain and turn on Dropbox account capture

What is account capture for team members?

Account capture allows Admins to force all members using a company email address for their personal Dropbox account to join their team or change the email address on their account. Learn how this action looks for the end user.

Understand how account capture affects personal accounts on your company domain.

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Learn what account capture and verification looks like and how it works for the end user.

Account capture from the end user perspective

How to activate Dropbox ransomware protection

Dropbox's ransomware protection features provides early detection and notifications to prevent the spread of malicious attacks. Learn how admins can manage ransomware notifications and fine-tune alert policies.

Enable ransomware monitoring and alerts in the admin console.

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Discover how Dropbox protects against ransomware attacks with early detection alerts.

Does dropbox protect against ransomware?

Add content to stacks in Dropbox Dash

Add content from different tools into stacks in Dropbox Dash.

Add content to Stacks in Dropbox Dash

Dropbox Dash | Add content to stacks in Dropbox Dash

How to use the Dropbox admin console

If you’re a Dropbox business admin, you’ve got access to a one-stop to manage your team with the admin console. You can get an overview of all your team members and folders. The admin console is also where you can control different settings for your team, including account and device settings. Learn how to access the admin console and its features in this helpful video.

Access team settings, monitor activity, and manage users.

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Learn how to access the Dropbox admin console, view team details, and update settings.

An overview of the Dropbox admin console

Getting Started as a Dropbox Admin

Set up your team and navigate the admin console to get started quickly.

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Build stacks from search in Dropbox Dash

Build stacks from search results to organize your work in Dash.

Build a Stack from search

Dropbox Dash | Build stacks from search in Dropbox Dash

How to close a Dropbox file request

You can collect files from anyone, anytime, using Dropbox file requests, even if they don’t have a Dropbox account. All files collected with a file request will take up space in your Dropbox account. When you've finished receiving the files you need, or if you're running low on space, you can easily close a file request at any time. Learn how to turn off a file request in this quick video.

Close a file request once you’ve collected the files you need.

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Use file requests to collect files, then, close the request when you have what you need.

How to close a Dropbox file request 

How to comment on files in Dropbox

Enhance collaboration with comments in Dropbox. Learn how to easily add and resolve comments on text and images without downloading the files.

Add, resolve, and manage comments directly within file previews.

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Learn how to easily add and resolve comments in Dropbox files without downloading them.

Add, edit, and resolve comments in Dropbox

Connect apps for search in Dropbox Dash

Connect apps to improve search across tools in Dropbox Dash.

Dropbox Dash | Connect apps for search in Dropbox Dash

How to create and manage Dropbox groups

Admins can create groups so teams can easily manage and share files. Learn how to create groups, adjust settings, and manage group members.

Add members, configure group settings, and share files efficiently.

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Learn how to add members, manage group settings, and share files with Dropbox groups.

Dropbox groups

How to create and manage shared folders in your team space

The Dropbox team workspace is an area for your team to organize content and collaborate more easily. In the team space, you can manage and restrict access to shared content. You can simply choose to share a folder with specific team members or groups if you need to. Watch our quick video to learn how to create shared folders and restrict access in your team space.

Control access and organize content within your team’s shared workspace.

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Learn how you can manage and restrict access to shared folders in your team workspace.

How to control access to shared folders in the team space

Create Team Folders in Admin Console

Create and manage shared team folders in the Dropbox admin console to organize content and control access for your team.

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Use the Admin Console's Content tab to create team folders and manage file access easily.

Creating folders in Content

How to customize branding and watermarking in Dropbox

It's simple to customize shared links and add watermarking to files. Explore how to use Dropbox branding settings to align your files with your brand.

Add logos, backgrounds, and watermarks to align shared content with your brand.

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Learn how to customize shared links with branding, and add watermarks to images and PDFs. 

Custom branding and watermarking in Dropbox

Dash in Dropbox - Chat & Write

Summarize documents, highlight updates, and generate polished drafts with AI-powered tools.

Learn how Dash in Dropbox Chat and Write helps you turn knowledge into polished drafts.

Chat and Write with Dash in Dropbox

Search faster with Dash in Dropbox

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Learn how Dash in Dropbox helps you find what you need quickly. 

What is Dropbox data governance?

Get an overview of data governance, which combines data retention and legal holds features to meet your compliance and audit requirements. Explore more in the admin console.

Manage retention, legal holds, and compliance tools in the admin console.

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Learn how data governance combines data retention and legal holds for compliance.

Data governance overview

How to delete files on Dropbox

Dropbox lets you delete and restore files using web, desktop, or mobile.

What are Dropbox file requests?

Dropbox file requests are an easy way to securely receive files from anyone. Explore our video guide to learn more about what file requests are and how to create them.

Collect files securely from anyone without granting folder access.

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Learn more about Dropbox file requests, an easy way to securely receive files from anyone.

Dropbox file requests

How to use Dropbox Transfer

With Dropbox Transfer, you can securely send files to others. A Dropbox account isn’t required to access or download a transfer, so sharing files is easy. Discover how to create and manage Transfers, and how they're viewed by the end user.

Send large files securely to anyone, even without a Dropbox account.

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Discover how to create and manage Transfers, plus, see how they're viewed by the end user.

Dropbox Transfer: an overview

Dropbox admin training course

Learn how to manage users, security settings, billing, and team activity in the Dropbox admin console.

VILT recording - Dropbox admin training

Learn how admins manage teams, monitor activity, billing, and data protection.

What is Dropbox Backup?

Dropbox Backup allows you to securely back up your files and folders, and you don't even need a Dropbox account to do so. Learn how to get automatic, always-on backups from your computer and easily manage them in one environment.

Back up your computer and external drives securely with Dropbox Backup.

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Learn how to securely store and recover files on your computer and external hard drive.

Dropbox Backup overview

How to turn on camera uploads in Dropbox

Camera uploads in Dropbox

Turn on Dropbox camera uploads to automatically back up photos and videos.

Dash admin training

Learn how to securely set up Dash, optimize search, and organize content with stacks.

VILT recording - Dash admin training

Learn how admins set up Dash to search smarter, get AI answers, and organize content.

Dropbox Dash admin training course

Ask and write with Dropbox Dash

Use Dash to summarize content, generate drafts, and get answers from your team’s knowledge.

Chat / Ask & Write

Learn how to ask questions and generate content with Dropbox Dash’s assistant.

Connect and manage apps as an admin

Connect third-party tools to enable cross-app search and streamline your team’s workspace.

Add Apps – Admin

Learn how Dropbox Dash admins can connect and manage apps for their teams.

Connect Apps – Admin

Connect and manage apps as a team member

Add connected apps to access and search your content across tools in Dash.

Add Apps – Team Member

Learn how Dropbox Dash team members can connect and manage connected apps.

Connect Apps – Team Member

Dropbox Dash full demo

Watch a full demo of Dropbox Dash and how it supports your work.

Dropbox Dash | Dropbox Dash full demo

What is Dropbox Dash?

Learn more about Dropbox Dash and how it helps you find content faster, organize work with Stacks, and stay productive with smart AI tools.

Learn how Dash helps you find content faster, organize work with Stacks, and use AI-powered tools.

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Learn how Dropbox Dash helps you find content faster and work smarter with AI tools.

What Is Dropbox Dash?

Search smarter with Dropbox Dash

Use filters, intuitive answers, and Summarize and Ask to find content faster.

Learn how to search with Dropbox Dash using filters, intuitive answers, and Summarize and Ask. Find the content you need faster.

Search across your tools and get smarter results with Dropbox Dash.

How to verify your Dropbox domain

Dropbox business admins are often tasked with managing their company’s data. But that’s hard if team members use a company email address to create separate Dropbox accounts. In this short video, learn how to address this with domain verification and ownership.

Verify domain ownership to enable domain insights and account capture features.

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Dropbox offers domain verification to make onboarding processes faster and more efficient.

Dropbox domain verification

Dropbox fundamentals training course

Learn how to use Dropbox for file uploads, sharing, and access across devices.

VILT recording - Dropbox fundamentals training

Learn the basics of uploading, sharing, and accessing files across devices.

How to install OneLogin SSO for Dropbox

The OneLogin integration with Dropbox allows for a streamlined, secure single sign-on experience. Learn how to install SSO for Dropbox with OneLogin, as well as how to authorize access and configure other OneLogin SSO settings.

Connect OneLogin to enable secure single sign-on for your Dropbox team.

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Learn how to install SSO for Dropbox OneLogin for an easy, secure single sign-on.

OneLogin single sign-on (SSO) integration with Dropbox

What is Dropbox Replay?

With Dropbox Replay, managing and sharing video content is made easy by streamlining the review and approval process for video, image, and audio projects. Learn how to collaborate and feedback with frame-accurate time-stamp comments and video markup features.

Collaborate on video projects with centralized feedback and approvals.

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Learn how to easily share, review, and feedback on video in one place with Dropbox Replay.

Dropbox Replay: an overview

What is Dropbox Rewind?

Dropbox Rewind allows you to undo a large number of changes to files and folders in your account. When selecting 'Rewind this folder', you can quickly restore files to a specific point in time. Explore more in this helpful Rewind overview.

Restore large sets of files or revert folders to a previous state.

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See how Dropbox Rewind allows you to restore a large number of files and folders at once.

Dropbox Rewind overview

Dropbox Sign training

Learn how to prepare, send, and manage documents using Dropbox Sign.

VILT recording - Dropbox Sign training

Learn how to prepare, send, sign, and manage documents with Dropbox Sign.

Dropbox Sign training course

Dropbox team member training course

Learn how to store, share, and collaborate on files as a Dropbox team member.

VILT recording - Dropbox team member training

Learn how team members securely store, share, and collaborate with Dropbox tools.

How to use the Dropbox team space

The Dropbox team workspace is a place where your team can organize, share, and collaborate on content. Admins can manage access and editing permissions to ensure the right team members are able to explore the content they need to. Everyone on your team can access the team space, and everyone sees the same folder structure. Watch this short video to learn the basics of team folders and team member folders in the shared workspace.

Organize, share, and collaborate on content in your team’s shared workspace.

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Our overview of team spaces helps you understand how the Dropbox team space works.

Dropbox team space overview

How to enable early access to Dropbox beta features

Whether you’re new to Dropbox Business, we all need a little help sometimes. Before you contact Dropbox Support, know that the answer to your question might just be a click away!

Access new Dropbox features early for yourself or your team.

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Learn how to get early access to Dropbox beta features for yourself or your team.

How to get early access to Dropbox beta features

How to enable 2FA for your Dropbox account

Secure your account using SMS or an authenticator app for added protection.

2FA Setup – Individual/End User

Learn how to enable 2FA with SMS or an authenticator app to secure your Dropbox account.

How to enable two-factor authentication (2FA)

Add an extra layer of security to Dropbox accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA). With 2FA enabled, your teams will be required to enter a code from their phone in addition to their password when they sign in.

Add an extra layer of security by requiring a verification code when signing in.

Set up two-factor authentication (2FA) to add an extra layer of security to your account.

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