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Overview:
OneDrive for Business is Microsoft's resources for file storage, collaboration, and communication. The OneDrive for Business service, designed for enterprise usage, differs from the OneDrive service provided by Microsoft for personal use. For information on the differences, visit Microsoft's What Is OneDrive for Business page and read the section titled How is OneDrive for Business different from OneDrive.
OneDrive for Business is a personal document and file storage hub. It's easy to upload, download, and share files. You can also create, view, and edit documents online using the integrated Office Online applications, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For those times you need the complete set of Office features, you can open your files in the full version of the applications and save them to your hard drive or back to the cloud.
Because OneDrive for Business is associated with your SLU account, everything stored in it will be inaccessible should you leave the university. For this reason, it's best to use it to store materials that are your own personal university related (e.g. homework, business) use, like OneNote notebooks. For storing materials that are important for departments, schools, colleges, or other groups at the university indefinitely, you should use Microsoft Teams.
How To Utilize OneDrive for Business:
Store and share files
- Personal storage of up to 3 TB of data in the cloud.
- 250 GB maximum file size.
- Any files created in Office Online are automatically backed up in your OneDrive space.
- Easily recover deleted documents or roll back to previous versions.
- Share files with anyone at SLU.
Access and synchronize files easily
- Access files using a Web browser or mobile device.
- Access files directly from Microsoft Office desktop applications (with appropriate client software installed).
- Synchronize your local files to your SLU OneDrive account.
Best Practices
- Keep folder and file names short.
- Keep nested folder depth to a minimum.
- Review sharing/permissions at the beginning of each semester.
Create and edit Microsoft Office files in the cloud with Office Web Apps
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- OneNote
- Forms
Getting Started:
OneDrive for Business works well with all major, current web browsers. To access your SLU OneDrive account:
- Open a web browser and log into https://auth.slu.edu with your SLUNet ID and password.
- Click on the Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive icon.
- Click the App Launcher icon in the upper left corner (it is made up of nine squares), and select OneDrive.
- Click on the My Files folder in the left column.
- At this point you may use the blue Add New button in the upper left corner to create folders or upload folders/files or you can simply drag and drop into the folders where you want your content to reside.
Alternatively, OneDrive for Business also comes with the ability to sync your files and folders to your desktop or mobile device.
Other useful tips:
- To create a new document, Click the + New icon and elect the desired file type.
- To open a file or folder, click on its name.
- To share a document, while viewing it in Office Online, click the + Share, enter the people you would like to share it with and whether they should be able to edit or just read, then click + Share.
- To go back to a prior version of a document, while looking at the list of documents, hover over the desired document, then click the circle to the left of its name. Select the ellipsis (...) from the menu above the list, then click Version history.
- To retrieve a recently deleted document, click Recycle bin in the menu to the left.
Additional Information:
Microsoft provides extensive online help for OneDrive for Business. When using OneDrive for Business, click the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of the browser window to access Microsoft help.
Other useful information from Microsoft:
Need additional help or have issues:
For additional assistance contact the IT Service Desk at (314) 977-4000.