

(This is one of my favorite new features!) 7. If you using Outlook 2016 you can also easily add OneDrive documents to your emails. You can also set expiration dates on links so that they become inactive after a period of time. You can grant permissions directly or just generate a link for others. They show up directly in the document, making both of our lives easier. I shared the document and kept working on it without having to wait for comments back from my colleague. This recently shaved about 3 days’ worth of time off of a contract I was working on. This keeps you from having to email the file and ending up with multiple versions of the same document. If you work in a highly collaborative environment, you can share your documents from OneDrive so others can view and/or edit them. This has saved me more than once when I made a mistake and needed to go back to a previous version. Just like a SharePoint document library, OneDrive creates versions of your documents as you save them. If you get into the habit of saving your files directly to OneDrive, you can then have access to your files no matter where you are or what platform you are on. There are apps for iOS, Android, and Windows. If you get into the practice of saving your files to OneDrive, you can access those files from anywhere. OneDrive can replace your local file storage on your PC.Īgain, with 1TB, that’s usually more storage than most folks have on their PCs or Macs. This is more than enough storage for the average user. If you use any of the Office 365 suites (E1 or greater, Business Essentials or greater, or their education/government counterparts) then you get 1TB of storage included. As we've covered in previous posts, Microsoft can be confusing with their naming): 1. Here’s what you need to know ( For clarity, we mean the Business Version of OneDrive when we say “OneDrive” in this post. As part of Office 365 or SharePoint Server, OneDrive for Business lets you update and share your files from anywhere and work on Office documents with others at the same time." "OneDrive for Business is a place where you can store files from your computer into the cloud, and access them from any device, or share them with others. If you aren't familiar with OneDrive for Business, here's how Microsoft defines it:

One thing that continues to amaze (and disappoint) me is the number of people who either a) didn’t know they had OneDrive or b) know they have it and don’t use it.

We talk to a lot of people who use Office 365, I mean a lot.
