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OneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.
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August 13, 2019
Cost effective cloud storage
It is being used by me individually at the moment and we haven't started collaboration. It is a good option for saving files on the go and accessing them from anywhere.
- It came with our Office 365 license and was very easy to install and set up.
- Decent amount of included storage.
- Flexible options regarding which folder to sync at which device.
- Security.
- File sharing with other Office 365 users can be a bit confusing.
August 13, 2019
Robust and User Friendly Data Storage Solution
OneDrive is being used as a solution to save user files and documents and synchronize the data with other endpoint user devices. We recently moved our users to use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and we used this storage solution to store the data. This became available to us with Office365.
- Data availability when using a different system. I save documents on my work computer and I can access it from my personal computer when logged in using the same corporate account.
- There is no need for an external drive to plug in and copy data.
- Speed of data synchronization.
- Storage restriction. Since this is being shared there will be a restriction on how much data you can save.
I don't think any ONE product can be used solely within an org, but we do a good enough job I feel. We needed a solution that was user-friendly, easy to navigate and use from a permissions standpoint. As a growing org, we desperately needed something to house all of our files instead of relying on everyone keeping multiple copies on computers. Our biggest problem OneDrive helped with is ONE location for all updated marketing materials and projects we are working on.
There are a few people that are using GDrive or Box, etc. but the move to OneDrive was seamless and easy for us to make happen and was done quickly and with relatively low effort.
There are a few people that are using GDrive or Box, etc. but the move to OneDrive was seamless and easy for us to make happen and was done quickly and with relatively low effort.
- Current copies of updated docs
- Ease of use with mobile app/Desktop
- Seamless integration within Microsoft ecosystem
- Late to the game with Dropbox, Box, etc
- Need to double down on their app access like their desktop experience
- Opening up additional file access like MacOS related
August 09, 2019
OneDrive--A great solution for cloud-based storage
OneDrive has replaced Box at my company. OneDrive is being used as the single cloud-based location to which we update, store and sync all of our files regardless of where we are. This allows me to quickly and easily share files with my team and colleagues giving them access to real-time updates without having to send them multiple files as a document changes.
- Easy sync between my computer and the cloud. I just select the folder(s) to sync and I'm done.
- Easily share files with others. This allows for fast and simple collaboration between numerous individuals.
- Automatic synchronization between selected local folders and my OneDrive cloud folder. I can automatically sync all my local documents to the cloud for easy access when not at my computer.
- It would be great if my cloud-based folders and files could be presented in my Windows Explorer without having to synchronize them locally. I could then simply browse them and if necessary, download them as needed.
- The "cloud" icon looks very much like many other cloud-based storage icons making it less than intuitive to know which one to click. There should be options to select other icons for the system tray application.
- I have both a personal and corporate OneDrive account and would prefer to access them both from one system tray icon. Currently I have two separate icons.
July 25, 2019
One Drive for the Mobile Office is a Go
One Drive is currently used in our Street Outreach Program. This program has only one office and most work is done outside of the office. This makes One Drive a good fit for the program. This enables file use and sharing while outreach workers are in the field. A traditional stationary hard drive for files simply would not work. One Drive is used to access files make changes and sync, while our members are mobile. One Drive is used to store presentations, documents, photos, and video files. It makes accessing them on the go easy.
- One Drive integrates wonderfully with the Microsoft Suite. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents are easy to edit and create.
- One Drive has a fair amount of free storage as well, we have not had to buy storage and have been using it for six years.
- Sharing documents with others on One Drive is easy as well. The option to view or edit is very useful.
- The editing in One Drive is limited compared to the computer versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- One Drive sometimes takes a while to sync files. We have noticed they are not immediately updated.
- One Drive is not entirely compatible with Goggle Documents, there are some formatting issues when using the same document formats.
April 02, 2019
Practical
Score 10 out of 10
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OneDrive is used by the entire company, with a little more than 200 employees. It is incorporated into our corporate email, where we acquired the entire Office 365 package. We concentrate on shared and private files, documents that accompany us everywhere, everything in the tool helps us to make work routines more practical.
- It is very easy to use, intuitive, has no way to get in the way.
- Useful tools in the suite.
- Availability, being in the cloud, follows you wherever you go, you only need a connection to the web.
- Lightweight, does not crash, loads files quickly.
- Sharing within a group was a bit confusing, since the existence of multiple files was shared with multiple emails and I could not keep track of them. I needed to add each email to the shared folder.
December 23, 2018
OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive, Oh My! My Team's decision to settle on OneDrive for Knowledge Management
Our organization moved away from a mix of Dropbox and Google Drive to using OneDrive/SharePoint as our knowledge management / information architecture solution. It's being used organization-wide, albeit with some stragglers still using Google Drive for some collaborative editing, and others occasionally still using email attachments to circulate documents and collaborate.
OneDrive, in concert with SharePoint, allows our team to synchronize their work to our cloud storage, collaborate in real-time, share links to documents rather than send attachments and track changes, and control permissions to individual folders or documents to allow for collaboration with external partners as well as restrict access based on roles internally.
OneDrive, in concert with SharePoint, allows our team to synchronize their work to our cloud storage, collaborate in real-time, share links to documents rather than send attachments and track changes, and control permissions to individual folders or documents to allow for collaboration with external partners as well as restrict access based on roles internally.
- OneDrive integrates with my MacBook fairly well, allowing me to share documents and move fairly seamlessly between local and web versions of a file.
- OneDrive keeps things in sync fairly quickly and without consuming a lot of system resources.
- OneDrive (along with Sharepoint's) permissions capabilities are much more fine-grained than Dropbox.
- OneDrive's visual feedback in Finder as to whether a file is syncing or already synced isn't always up-to-date with the actual status of these files.
- OneDrive (on Mac) will occasionally fail to sync for errors that aren't accurate, requiring a restart.
- OneDrive (on Mac) will occasionally fail for file name issues, where filenames allowed on Mac are not allowed on SharePoint, without providing an easy mechanism for fixing them.
- The real-time collaborative editing user experience is not as good as Google Drive.
December 20, 2018
Great cloud service, stacks up against competitors
OneDrive is a brand new tool being used by my company as a Cloud sharing service. We share documents for collaboration, work flows for input, and HR tracking. It's being used all over the company, slowly being picked up from department to department. It helps to have a central place to put files that are only accessible to those you invite.
- Business version has very large limit, likely will never run out of space.
- Live editing, you can see who is working in what (kind of like Google Drive).
- Auto-save feature!! Has saved me more than once for sure.
- When internet connectivity is bad, there is not a back up way to save.
- Sometimes files show up for some people and not for others. If this is a connectivity issue, they should still be present in the folder but maybe be marked as grey to show that they are still uploading.
- Staff have accidentally written over things because of the Auto-save feature. Both a blessing and a curse in that way, sometimes you have to manually turn it off if you are just running scenarios.
December 13, 2018
Onedrive: A Honest Review
OneDrive is being used as a file transfer method, that allows for work on documents between multiple users. This allows them to change what they need, as well as share what they want easily from whereever they are, as long as they have an internet connection. This product helped create the more collaborative feel that the department was missing.
- Ease of use: Allows for users to access and work through the environment easily, without much training or hand holding.
- Access: You can use this from anywhere, as long as you have an active internet connection.
- Redundancy: It allows for multiple copies to be kept in multiple places. This helps if something was deleted by mistake.
- Possibility of Syncing issues.
- File size restraints
- The lack of features coming from the native app to the online app.
December 12, 2018
OneDrive - a matured cloud provider
OneDrive is part of the Office 365 offering, so each user in the organization has access to OneDrive cloud space under their account. In our company, OneDrive is used for personal work documents that users may or may not share with other users and/or the outside world. That's just our case use, but it is also the recommended way to use OneDrive per Microsoft. It allows the users to have their own cloud folder, so they can access their own files from virtually anywhere, and it keeps the general company repository separate from personal stuff.
- Selective folder sync - you can easily pick and choose which folders sync to a person's computer
- The actual file is not synced until it is needed - you see the file, but until you need it, it takes up no space on your device!
- Available on virtually any device that has internet access - phone/tablet apps, browser based access, sync client access
- Sync client (Windows) can continue to be updated such that it becomes even more stable
- Mobile apps should be tweaked a bit more - they can be more intuitive
December 12, 2018
OneDrive - Almost there.....
Being a Microsoft shop, the integration of OneDrive into the OS has been a boon to users. We have leveraged this integration by configuring the service to include the users desktop and documents folders to provide a seamless "cloud backup" of their important files. Through this, users always have access to their most important documents regardless of the device being used.
- Simple user interface. Used in conjunction with the Windows OS, users simply need to know how to place a file in a folder and not have to deal with a complicated client.
- Easily noticeable visual cues regarding the status of a document sync to the cloud drive.
- Full Integration into other Microsoft products , e.g Office.
- The web interface provides a familiar look to people accustomed to using Windows devices and an easy interface to learn for those who are not.
- Better integration into other Operating Systems, e.g OSX and Linux. While a client can integrate with these, the experience is not as seamless as that in Windows.
- Better image tools allowing online processing of pictures.
- The ability to stream music from the service.
December 11, 2018
Features out the wazoo but still somewhat clunky
Our entire organization uses OneDrive. It functions as a continuous backup of the files on my laptop, allows my team (and the entire company) to share files and collaboratively work on documents, spreadsheets, images, slide decks, etc. The ability to collaborate—and especially for multiple people to collaborate on the same document at the same time—is quite useful.
- I especially appreciate OneDrive as a way for us to store documents in the cloud. I make sure that all mission-critical work is included in a OneDrive-synced folder, and therefore don't have to worry if my computer crashes or hard drive fails.
- Collaboration. The ability for multiple people to work on a document at the same time is key.
- Integration with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Being able to open a doc in the native desktop apps, then save it and know that it's updated automatically in OneDrive is great.
- Integration with Mac OS X. Being able to share docs right from the Finder is excellent.
- Occasionally the backup functionality fails for certain files. This is rare (and you can see exactly what is synced and what is not) but I am still unclear as to why certain files resist syncing.
- The browser-based apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint not only lack the full-featured functionality of the native desktop apps, but it's clear they weren't designed for browsers. My biggest point of comparison is Google Docs, Sheets & Slides. While Google's apps may not be as powerful, they were designed for a browser from the ground up, they run more smoothly and my team would prefer to collaborate in Google than in OneDrive.
- It's just a little clunky and could be more user-friendly. Specifically, sharing settings can be confusing or frustrating and require multiple steps to approve when someone requests access to a doc.
- It's more of a pain to invite external people to contribute to a doc as they have to sign up for a Microsoft account in order to access the docs.
December 10, 2018
OneDrive Solutions
Working in an educational facility, OneDrive is used for instructors' personal drives for storage of documents related to instruction and other school-based materials. As part of our organization's rollout of Office 365 and other Office apps, our organization has utilized OneDrive instead of local server based personal storage options. It is also used as a platform for collaboration between instructors using the cloud-based sharing tools available.
- Accessibility on PC - OneDrive is integrated and easy to access on Windows-based PCs.
- Service is Reliable - The OneDrive service rarely goes offline.
- Integration with Office Apps - OneDrive integrated with other Office applications, such as Microsoft Word, to allow for a seamless creation and document saving process.
- User Interface - Compared to their main competitor, Google Drive, the interface feels 'clunky'. Some actions do not feel intuitive or have an odd layout.
- Integration on Mac - On Apple Mac computers, the OneDrive app (especially OneDrive for Business) is unreliable and does not work as well as its PC counterpart.
- Storage Limits - While not unique to OneDrive, storage limits on free personal accounts are slim, requiring a paid subscription for larger storage tiers.
September 06, 2018
Excellent service for your files in the cloud
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Currently OneDrive is one of the main work tools in the company, it is used by all users to share documents, save their files and be able to work from home without the need of a VPN connection. Our employees have 24-hour availability of all their documents from anywhere in the world.
- It allows you to save all the information you require.
- You can synchronize with your computer.
- You can share information easily.
- You require good bandwidth on your internet.
- To synchronize your files from OneDrive to your computer you need to have enough space on your hard drive.
- Sometimes OneDrive does not synchronize some files.
July 24, 2018
OneDrive Review
A very useful tool for syncing file backups to the cloud. We used Active Directory to move all users' folders (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and Videos) to OneDrive. They are all backed up and synced immediately to the cloud. When a user's computer goes down or we need to set them up on another device, we just create a new profile and then sign the into OneDrive and they have access to all their files and they are kept in sync across devices. Not easy to deploy but a good solution.
- Backing up files in real time.
- Clou- based backups.
- The speed of syncs is very good.
- Affordable.
- Version control.
- Very little monitoring capabilities for the admins. Using PowerShell to generate user reports (usage, sync status, etc.). The online admin interface says these reports are coming but it has said that for over a year.
- Difficult to release to too many users. Ended up having to use some detailed scripts with AD to get it installed.
- Little to no resources for developers/administrators. Thanks, MS. Must rely on the MS user network.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Onedrive is extremely useful and it is used in every department of our business. We use it to store and save every type of file in the cloud and that way we can access them in every device or PC of our company. By using it, we only need an internet connection to share files, and when there are no flash drives or portable hard drives is the best tool for copying or exchanging data and information between our PCs.
- It comes preinstalled with windows 8 and 10 and it automatically links your Microsoft account, so accessing our files from the cloud is really easy and requires no installations.
- Since it was developed by Microsoft it has an almost perfect integration with Windows operating system (which is the most common system used in every business) so there are almost no bugs or problems.
- Having a backup of information in the cloud is extremely useful since it can be accessed anywhere just with an internet connection.
- Something I found is that there is no encryption in a loaded file. For example, when uploading a password protected file from Excel, that protection will be lost in the cloud.
- It's free space is really limited, just 5 GB, so if you need more space be prepared to pay.
- It can be a bit buggy when online.
OneDrive is enabled on all our users because of our O365 subscriptions but the official solution that is promoted and supported is Google Drive. The only real plus value of OneDrive is the huge 1TB included of storage with O365 subscriptions. The OneDrive client is also useful to sync Sharepoint sites.
- Only solution to sync Sharepoint sites
- Best storage to price ratio
- Good integration on Windows
- OneDrive client is horrible on macOS
- Official OneDrive client is non-existent on Linux
- OneDrive support on older Windows versions like 8.1 and less is still buggy
- Sharepoint still tries to use the old OneDrive client by default. You need to go in the setting and tell it to use the new client.
- Even if it is a lot better then before, OneDrive client is still often not able to sync folders with huge items or a huge amount of small items.
We use OneDrive as the shared content library for our global go-to-market teams. This is the central repository for all our sales and marketing collateral which is managed by the product marketing team.
- Familiar interface. If you’ve used Windows shared drives before this is effectively the same
- Globally accessible to users with easy access for admins to share permissions
- Syncing access from O365
- Sharing permissions not granular and don’t always function as expected
- Syncing libraries to desktops is a nightmare
- Content control and mobile access is limited
January 19, 2018
The One and Only OneDrive
OneDrive is used passively at my company. It comes as part of our office subscription. Most people do not use the program. I used it to save documents as I work from home one day a week and if I need to share a “master” document with clients.
- I like that it will open documents in cloud based software or my desktop software.
- It is easy to share documents with others and create user roles.
- It saves all documents I start in Office 365.
- I find it doesn’t integrate with my desktop as well as Google Drive.
- I don’t find the interface very intuitive.
- The drive saves everything I start in Microsoft Office 365 so I end up with a lot untitled documents. I have to clean up a lot.
January 17, 2018
OneDrive - Access Your Work Anywhere at Any Time!
OneDrive is being used across our whole organization. It helps tremendously with collaboration across teams - especially as we have many remote users. It also addresses the issue of being able to access information on the road, and provides backups for our files more effectively than our servers did.
- One Drive provides versioning of files that are created in the Microsoft Suite. No more "lost" or overwritten files!
- One Drive shows you who last edited documents, and even allows two or more people to work on one file at the same time.
- The syncing ability to the computer file structure makes it easy for less advanced users to adopt use of One Drive.
- OneDrive is pretty intuitive but more information on the use/creation of sites would be helpful.
- It would be great, if possible, to add versioning of non-Microsoft files as well.
- It would be great to enhance the formatting of the online editing tools.
For the most part, we don't make institution-wide use of OneDrive because of a few inherent limitations of OneDrive and the other software that we use. First, OneDrive is not good at "pot sharing" among the organization. What I'd like to be able to do is move our entire server of old files onto a OneDrive pot (each user gets 1 TB) that everyone has access to, but that is unnecessarily difficult and involves some sharing shenanigans that most of our users are not technically capable of navigating.
So users use it in different ways. I use it as a pot for keeping access to all of the files I download across multiple devices, since our primary document management system requires that we download, edit, and re-upload to manipulate files. OneDrive is my "in process" and medium term storage pot, in the event that I manipulate a file but don't get to the re-upload part.
So users use it in different ways. I use it as a pot for keeping access to all of the files I download across multiple devices, since our primary document management system requires that we download, edit, and re-upload to manipulate files. OneDrive is my "in process" and medium term storage pot, in the event that I manipulate a file but don't get to the re-upload part.
- Good syncing for the most part.
- Good availability from multiple device species.
- iOS app is good enough, made nicer by the fact that you can now save files and folders for offline use.
- Syncing has some oddities, like if the wrong kind of punctuation mark is in the file name.
- Sharing folders to the entire organization is hard, if not impossible.
- Creating one shared pot for global access does not seem possible without some goofy work-arounds.
January 16, 2018
One Drive, create it,see it,reach it from anywhere.
We have started using it by departments, with the intention of using it for the whole organization. It's currently addressing issues with on-premise server space. This will lower our overall cost and allow the end user to reach their files from any device and more reliably.
- Large amount of space to save data
- Allowing the end user share and maintain their files for easier access to others
- Available to sync across all devices
- Saving photos and PDFs
- Searching for files
- Uploading could be a bit easier
December 20, 2017
OneDrive Review
Our organization uses onedrive to share, view and store documents amongst different departments. This feature helps our organization tremendously because we no longer have to wait for documents to be hand delivered or wait for a specific person to be available to obtain documents. Now these documents are housed in a central location we all have access to.
- Storing documents
- Accessibility amongst different departments
- Very clear interface
- Storage cloud maximum
- More web based apps where files can be shared and edited
- Update Microsoft Office programs
December 08, 2017
OneDrive is the only "DRIVE"
Since many of the files we send to our clients are large (over 10 mb), being able to 'share' with other people is very helpful.
- Since this software can run on your PC, it makes it very easy to drag and drop files for easy back up and file sharing needs.
- Files sync quickly and can be accessed online or from another PC.
- You can easily save and file into the OneDrive folder and it will be automatically backed up.
- Collaborative editing of a file is also a very nice feature.
- I wish I could limit the download/upload bandwidth that the program uses.
- I wish you could "right" click on a file and send it to the OneDrive folder.
- I don't like that for other people to access the files, they must have a Microsoft account.
December 07, 2017
OneDrive helps with access to documents across devices
OneDrive is something that is offered by the organization but has not been the main storage for users. This was recently added to the inclusion of Office365 and users wanting to access their information across devices. We do have other in-house solutions that are a bit more seamless but the availability of OneDrive across platforms and devices can be really handy with the number of people that travel for business.
- Multiple Devices
- Multiple Platforms
- Availibility
- Sometimes it can be hard to find and save to onedrive depending on the device. If you are using the same devices it seems to have this information hand for saving purposes.
- We have had some sync errors that we are currently researching to resolve.
- There have also been some issues with the user's company account and their personal account that has caused some headaches with items not being stored in the right place.