OneDrive Review
July 24, 2018
OneDrive Review
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with OneDrive
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.
- We now have all users major profile folders/files backed up to their OneDrive profiles.
- Took a very long time to roll out OneDrive through AD and find a way to monitor if users OneDrive's were synced. No resources on any logging or errors; test and test more.
- Easy to get access to a user's files on another device by signing them into OneDrive.
- Good solution for sharing/syncing a folder with multiple users.
Similar but you need to use the web interface for Google Drive. No desktop option. Multiple users can edit the same document with Google Drive.