Microsoft OneDrive For Business for Windows 10 users OneDrive for Business is Microsoft’s Cloud Storage File Hosting Service that allows you to sync critical files to your computer and other mobile devices. The added benefit with this, is by synching your critical files and documents, it allows you to access your information from anywhere and any device.

Questions and Answers

1. What does Microsoft OneDrive For Business enable me to do?

• Access and edit your files on all your devices. • Keep your files protected in the cloud. • Share documents or photos and collaborate in

Office. • Quickly organize and find things that matter.

Note: Office 365 Personal subscriptions include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage

2. Navigation Pane

• Files is your home base where you can find all your files

and folders. • Recent shows the files you worked on last. • Photos is a shortcut to show you all of the pictures in your

OneDrive. From here you can create albums or organize your photos with Tags.

• Shared are the files others have shared with you and the files you've shared with others.

• Discover shows you the files relevant to you from OneDrive.

• Recycle bin shows your deleted files and folders. Manages reports generated after the event is over.

3. In addition, you are able to

• Select New to create files or folders. • Select Upload to add files or folders to your OneDrive

storage from your computer. • Select Sort to change how you'd like to view

your files.

• Select Sync to sync your OneDrive data to your PC which can be accessed via File Explorer.

• Select Flow Create automated tasks between your OneDrive data and other apps.

• Select View to change the view.

• Select Information to check recent activity on your files.

Use keywords and tags to Search for files or folders.

4. Files and Folders

When you select a file or folder, the toolbar will change, letting you choose what you'd like to do with the file or folder: • Open, Share, Copy link, Download, Delete, Move to, or

Copy to. Who can see my files on OneDrive for Business? • The files and folders you store in OneDrive for Business

are private until you decide to share them, and you can see who a OneDrive file is shared with or stop sharing at any time

Getting Started

Search in File explorer

Type in OneDrive

Click on selected app “OneDrive”

The next screen you will be presented with will show you OneDrive – Old Mutual

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not view OneDrive as a selected app shown above, you will be presented with the following screen / prompt. select open

Getting Started

The following screen will appear

Click on Sign In

You will be presented with a verification code via SMS

After entering the verification code, you will then be presented with the next screen

Click on Sign In

Click on next

Click on next

Getting Started

Click on next

Here you can select later or get the mobile app should you require

How to save critical files on OneDrive for Business

Select File save as

Look for One Drive

Create a new folder or save under existing

Select Save

How to share files and folders on OneDrive for Business

Open your OneDrive folder in event viewer and locate the file or folder you would like to share.

Once you select a file or folder, select 'Share' after right-clicking on the file or folder name. Please DO NOT SHARE VIA FILE EXPLORER (to share via this way you will receive security message that you do not have rights to share, this is because you will require elevated privileges.)

A new window, as shown below will open, whereby you can now select the people you want to share the file or folder with

When selecting Mail this new screen will appear (see image)

Once you selected who you want to share with, you can click on send.