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Microsoft 365: OneDrive


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OneDrive is a cloud storage and collaborative service available to all active employees and certain student populations.

Files saved to the cloud in your OneDrive for Business are available on almost any device and can be synced across machines. 

OneDrive Features:

  • Access files from all your devices: Access all your personal files and those files others share with you on all your devices, including mobile, Mac, and PC as well as in a web browser.

  • Share inside or outside your organization: Securely share files with people inside or outside your organization by using their email address, even if they don’t have a Microsoft Services Account. This common sharing experience is available in the web, mobile, and desktop versions of OneDrive.

  • Collaborate with deep Microsoft Office integration: Document coauthoring is available in the Office web apps, Office mobile apps, and Office desktop apps, helping you maintain a single working version of any file. Only OneDrive provides coauthoring capabilities in Office apps across all your devices.  
  • OneDrive Mobile App: OneDrive mobile app can help you stay connected, updated and access and share your content especially when beyond the walls of the office.


How to Log in to Your OneDrive:

  • Log in to FIUmail (mail.fiu.edu) with your FIU username and password. Please note: If you are a Two-Factor user, 2FA will be required any time you log-in. However, you can use the "Remember this device for 7 days" and you will not be prompted to Two-Factor for the next 7 dats, as long as you are using the same browser.
  • Click the  icon in the top-left corner.
  • Select the OneDrive menu item.
  • You can create new files, upload existing files, or sync your OneDrive to your current machine by using the top menu. Learn more about sharing files with OneDrive. 

         

  • The navigation menu contains:
    • Files: Filter views between your files and folders
    • Recent: Files recently accessed or modified
    • Shared with me: Files shared with you by other colleagues from their OneDrive for Business accounts
    • Discover: Documents that you have access to view or edit that may be of relevance
    • Recycle Bin: Deleted files 

         

  • Should you require some assistance, you can view some tutorials while in your OneDrive for Business from the help menu located at the right corner of the screen.

           


Helpful Links

  • Learn more about Two-Factor Authentication
  • OneDrive for Business
  • OneDrive Mobile App
  • How to: Upload files to OneDrive
  • How to: Share files with OneDrive
  • How-to: Sync a library in OneDrive
  • How-to: Sync OneDrive files to your computer
  • Learn more about Microsoft Office 365 features
  • Learn more about your FIU mail



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