Personal Storage, Enterprise Control
December 06, 2017

Personal Storage, Enterprise Control

Brian Taylor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with OneDrive

We were looking for an easy to implement replacement for some sections of our file server. Users were needing to share files outside the organization or to other employees that wouldn't have access to those directories on the file server. We also needed a solution that provided governance and would allow for easy audits and scanning. OneDrive plays nicely with our Office 365 service and is easy to deploy out to users who already have an email account with us.
  • Data governance. OneDrive allows for the same compliance and security configuration as Office 365, which makes it really easy for us to ensure that data that shouldn't be shared isn't and that data that needs to be secured is secured.
  • User friendly, familiar interface for desktop integration makes it more likely to be adopted by users.
  • Sharing from within apps like Word and Excel, or the option to attach a copy to emails rather than only share the document.
  • Multiple versions of the application have created conflicts with one another that can create multiple unsynced folders on the workstation.
  • The SharePoint online type interface is more difficult to navigate than it needs to be.
  • For OneDrive for Business, external sharing is disabled by default, which if administrators don't review those settings, can be frustrating.
  • We wanted to decrease file storage use of our file server by certain departments and groups, OneDrive allowed us to move user files and other "high traffic" documents off our infrastructure and onto a platform that we were already supporting.
  • OneDrive increased collaboration not just across groups, but also with external partners. We weren't able to get the same level of control and collaboration at the same price point with other services we evaluated.
OneDrive does not integrate cleanly with Google products, for that Google Drive would be a better fit. If your organization uses Office 365, then OneDrive is the hands down best option as security scans and controls can be run in the same administrative interface as email controls.

We looked at Dropbox for Business, but for the price point and the requirements we had, OneDrive was the better option.
Data governance controls for enterprises that need control over documents while they are being shared would benefit greatly from OneDrive. We are often sharing documents from our business development department to external parties and need to ensure that the information being shared is secured. For simple document management or file sharing through FTP or similar services, other software solutions would be better fit.

OneDrive Feature Ratings

Versioning
10
Video files
10
Audio files
10
Document collaboration
10
Access control
10
File search
10
Device sync
10
User and role management
8
File organization
9
Device management
10
Performance
10
Reliability
9
Storage Reports
10