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Accessing OneDrive for Business
Features
External Sharing Disabled
Help and Training

OneDrive for Business is a UW Office 365 cloud service that connects you to all your files. It lets you store and protect your files, share them with others, and get to them from anywhere on all your devices.

Please note: While OneDrive for Business integrates with other UW Office 365 services, the service is intended for collaborating on individual files with small, ad-hoc groups. For collaborating on files with groups of 4 or more people, consistent groups of people, or your whole team/department, please see the UW 365 Office Collaboration Services page for better options.

Accessing OneDrive for Business

Features

Store and share files

Store up to 5TB of data in the cloud
250GB maximum file size
HIPAA and FERPA compatible
Share files with UW users (a UW NetID is required, more below)

Access and synchronize files easily

Access files using Web browsers or mobile devices
Access files directly from Microsoft Office desktop applications (with appropriate client software installed)
Synchronize files in UW OneDrive for Business to your computer
Synchronize files in SharePoint Online document libraries to your computer

Service restrictions and limitations

Click here for restrictions and limitations in OneDrive for Business

External Sharing Disabled

External Sharing is disabled on UW OneDrive for Business accounts, which means you will not be able to share files outside of the UW, i.e. with individuals with a non-UW email address. This restriction was implemented after careful consideration of the risks and challenges associated with monitoring the potential sharing of sensitive information (e.g. HIPAA-regulated data) outside of the UW using OneDrive for Business. If you'd like to utilize a similar platform and share with external users, you can request a Microsoft Team or SharePoint Online site collection with external sharing enabled. Click here to request a Microsoft Team or SharePoint Online site.

Help and Training

UW-IT is unable to provide individual or group training on how to use OneDrive for Business. However, Microsoft provides an excellent help and learning portal and training videos: