OneDrive is more than storage. You can mark favorites, edit together, share and store large files. Admins can also keep an eye on sync problems. Many of these features were announced a few years ago and are now part of the redesigned OneDrive on the web. Here's what helps you collaborate better today.
Favorites and quick access
- Select the star next to a file or folder to mark it as a favorite. You'll find it under Favorites.
- The Home page shows your recent files and the files you use often.
- Add shared SharePoint or Teams libraries to Quick access so you can get to them fast.
Share the same way everywhere
The share dialog looks the same in OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and the Office apps. You choose who gets access and whether they can view or edit. If a sharing option is greyed out, your admin has probably turned it off.
Work on a file together
- Open a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file from OneDrive and work on it at the same time as your colleagues.
- Use @mentions in comments to give someone a task or a question.
- Something went wrong? Restore an earlier version from the version history.
Large files
You can upload files up to 250 GB to OneDrive and SharePoint. That's useful for videos, CAD drawings or 3D files. For many Office files the sync app only uploads the changed parts, which makes it faster. Keep in mind that large files fill up your storage quickly.
Monitor sync problems (admins)
In the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center (config.office.com) you find reports on the OneDrive sync status of your users' devices. That way you spot problems before users report them, for example during a migration to OneDrive. The exact report name and requirements may differ. Also see version history in OneDrive and SharePoint and the redesigned OneDrive on the web.
Read also
The redesigned OneDrive in Microsoft 365: Home, Shared, People and Copilot
Work on one file with several people at the same time
Restore an earlier version with version history in OneDrive and SharePoint
Nederlandstalige versie: OneDrive-functies om beter samen te werken