What is OneDrive?

What is OneDrive?

1. OneDrive is the Microsoft cloud service that connects you to all your files.
   
2. It lets you store and protect your files, share them with others, and get to them from anywhere on all your devices.
   

What do I use it for?

OneDrive should be used to store work files and documents that are private to you. For example; a copy of your contract, safeguarding certificates, EDI certificates, documents for your expenses claim, documents relating to your PDP.

It is possible to share files in your OneDrive with other people, so you may want to share the odd document (for example, with your line manager) but this should be the exception not the rule.

OneDrive is for one person, you!

If you want to share a file with one other person, Onedrive is likely still the place for the file. But, if you want to share the file with more people, it needs to be in SharePoint.

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