Microsoft is giving one of its most-maligned tools a birthday makeover

Date:
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:31:06 +0000

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Microsoft is giving OneDrive a makeover and new home page for its 15th birthday.

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Microsoft has announced a new design for its OneDrive platform as it reaches
a landmark anniversary.

Launched in 2007 initially as a document storage space, OneDrive developed into an all-encompassing cloud storage offering for photos, videos, and other types of media, with a number of tweaks over the past decade looking to
ensure better file management and collaboration.

"Today, were celebrating the15th anniversary of OneDrive," the company wrote in a Microsoft 365 blog post . "Wed like to take a moment to thank you for using OneDrive, whether youre tackling a big project at work, planning a family reunion, backing up important content to your new device, or
connecting with friends and loved ones through photos and videos." Microsoft OneDrive update

As part of its latest update, Microsoft OneDrive will now highlight your most relevant and recently used files in a similar manner to Google Drive, in the hope that it can save you some time in digging around for them.

While suggestions can be helpful, Microsoft has added file type filters in
the Recent view, in recognition that some workers may need access to a large number of files at any given time. If you desperately need daily access to an area of your drive, or you just prefer to be hyper-organized, specific libraries can be pinned to the Quick access section on the left hand side of OneDrives homepage.

Additionally, in the style of Google Drive which has been around for almost precisely a decade, OneDrives new Activity column will [surface] the most recent, unseen edits, and comments on your shared documents. Its visible from the My files view, and is designed to make real-time collaboration a little easier. (Image credit: Microsoft) Read more

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OneDrive sharing

Microsofts services extend beyond OneDrive, with business users often straddling SharePoint and Teams borders, too. Continuity has historically
been somewhat lacking, which Microsoft hopes with its new summer 2022 update it will be able to rectify.

Sharing controls are also more in tune across the web services, with a more robust way to grant access to information, set granular sharing controls, see everyone youve shared files with and manage access settings across
individuals and groups. This is a move that could be seen as a counteraction against Google, which also recently tweaked its sharing sheet . (Image
credit: Microsoft) OneDrive photos

The companys final update is designed to take on the curated libraries seen
in the likes of iCloud Photos , and involves [bringing] all your memories
into a private, invitation-only feed that you can share with family and friends.

Much like Apples offering, comments and reactions take centre stage in this new photo sharing view.

Strangely, the updates have arrived in Australia first, with the United
States and other countries to follow later this year. Users will be able to access the changes across the OneDrive mobile app for Android and iOS, as
well as in their web browser . We've compared the best free cloud storage



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