Introduction To ONE DRIVE: Formal Name: Sky Drive

Introduction To ONE DRIVE
Formal Name: Sky Drive

What is Sky Drive?
• It is an online free 7GB file storage and sharing service provided by
Microsoft that is available through the Sky Drive app, SkyDrive.com, and
Sky Drive for Windows Desktop.
• Sky Drive (one drive) is your own password-protected hard drive in the
cloud which means you can use it to store thousands and thousands of files.
• And when you’re online you can get your data easily.
• Traditional ways of storing information includes USB thumb drives that can
get lost without saving your essential data
• But If you put your files on Sky Drive, you don’t need a good memory or
good luck. Your files are always right there and synchronized.
• It will be mostly used by the database administration manager of the
company who is using this application for storing there information and
data. And in person every member of the organization can use it to save its
files.
Ways To Get/ Access It:
Sign in FREE online file storage Get
SkyDrivehttp://explore.live.com/skydrive-get-
started
Features Of Sky Drive:
Following are the three main functions:
1 2 3
Storage Access Sharing

Positive And Negative Impact:
 Enhanced collaboration features with Office 2013.
 One drive provides local storage that means Files are stored locally
in the One drive folder on your computer, and syncing them online
is done in the background. And this is the biggest positive impact of
this application to your organization as you can store a large number
of various kind of data like pdf, word, excel etc files on it.
 With One Drive, you can always had an extra copy of your files,
accessible from anywhere by just opening your one drive account.
 It can also work with dial up connections even with slow LAN
connections too.
 As for now I do not have seen any negative impact by using this
application for my organization . But we still come to some issues
like internet connection must be there to log in. Or signing in may
face some problems.
Compatibility:
 One Drive is available for almost every
Operating System like:
 Windows
 Android
 Macintosh
 iOS
 Xbox 360
 Xbox one
One Drive is also compatible with browsers
like Google Chrome, Internet explorer,
Safari,
Mozilla Firefox.
Cost Of One Drive:
One Drive is free for the users.
The desktop and mobile app they have
released is also free.
There is a plan of charging for the
premium business plans( To claim the
business).
There will be a post verification of the
business that is claimed.
Standard And Premium Services:
In standard services One Drive provides 15 GB free
memory space to store the data to all the users free of
cost.
While its Premium Services are:
100GB in $1.99/ month
300GB in $3.99/ month
1TB in $6.99/ month
Licensing:
 This API and Data License Agreement ("Agreement”) applies to
your access to, and use of, the content, documentation, code, data
and related materials made available by One Drive under Microsoft
Office .
Learning Curve:
• It can be used as any other social networking site.
• Very easy to get started, only registration of few steps.
• We can get connected using Microsoft Office.
• Very user friendly and comfortable help dashboard.
FAQ’s On One Drive:
The most frequently asked questions are:
 How can I install One Drive?
 How can I uninstall the One Drive?
 Can I sign in with a different account to browse files in
One Drive?
 How much space do I have in One Drive?
 Which one drive feature are turned on by default?
 How can I share my files and folders in it?
 Do I have to sign in with my Microsoft account in my
PC to use One Drive?
 How can I recharge my account in One Drive?
Help Centre:
Getting Help One Drive Help Center:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/skydrive
help La Salle ResNet Helpdesk Online:
http://helpdesk.lasalle.edu
 Phone: Ext. 1860 (on campus);
215.951.1860 (off campus)
User/subscriber authentication:
 Every time when you want to log in or
sign in in your one drive or office 365
the Microsoft always authenticates
the user and the subscriber.
 We can search for required field even if
we are not registered .
 If we want to do a check in then we need
to be a member or a authenticated user.
 To access more services like ratings and
reviews we need to be a member.
 There is a common login for all the
users.
Integration With Enterprise:
One drive has been
integrated with the
Microsoft . It will be
getting the data and
much deeper access to its
contextual layers than
any third party via One
drive’s API.
Microsoft Windows
operating system is also
integrated with it.
Output Results:
The output file format (screen shown on display) is
represented in JavaScript Serialized Object Notation
(JSON) or XML data.
It is represented in the web page or the same app page.
Other Applications (Clients) Using One Drive for
File Storage:
 LinkedIn
 Facebook
 Twitter
( Enables users to quickly share their files with their contacts on these social
networks. One Drive maintains an access control list of all users with permissions
to view or edit the files, including those users on social networks)
 Bing
(Save and Share features of Bing allows the users to save search histories into a One
Drive folder.)
 Windows Live Groups
(Before being discontinued, Windows Live Groups provides each group with 1GB
Of storage space on One Drive to be shared between the group members. They were
allowed to access, create, modify and delete files within the group's One Drive
folders, along with the other functionality that One Drive provides.)
Privacy Concerns:
Data stored on the One Drive is monitored by Microsoft, and
any content that is in violation of Microsoft's Code of Conduct
is subject to removal and may lead to temporary or permanent
shutdown of the account. This has led to privacy concerns in
relation to data stored on One Drive. Advanced mechanisms,
such as Microsoft's automated Photo DNA scanning tool, are
utilized to ensure users abide with the Code of Conduct and
that their account does not contain files in contravention.
References:
http://windows.microsoft.com/enus/onedrive/on
edrive-help#onedrive=windows-8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneDrive
http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Bac
kup/Backing_Up_Microsoft_OneDrive_Files
http://www.brucebnews.com/2013/02/new-featur
es-in-office-2013-ui-skydrive-word/

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