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Web location for this
presentation:
http://aztcs.orgClick on
“Meeting Notes”
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SUMMARYYou can use "OneDrive" cloud
storage to protect yourself from
losing data files and photo files to
human error, software
glitches,and hard drive crashes.
You can use "OneDrive" to store,
view, and create files on multiple
computers, cell phones, and
tablets.
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TOPICS
• A Short Description and a
Report Card For "OneDrive"
• Signing Up For "OneDrive"
Cloud Storage
• Two Ways For You To Access
Your Data Files and Photos
That Are Stored In "OneDrive"
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TOPICS (continued)
• Online Editing of Files Stored in
"OneDrive"
• Integration Between "Microsoft
Office 365" & "Microsoft Office
2019" AND "OneDrive"
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TOPICS (continued)
• Integration Between
"Windows 10" AND
"OneDrive"
• Synchronization Of All
Devices That You Log Into
With Your Microsoft Account
Server Farms
Operated by
Microsoft
Your Internet
Connection
Web
Browser to
access
onedrive.
com
Internet ConnectionComputer to Access
"OneDrive"
Bundled
"OneDrive"
App in
Windows
10 & 8.1
Special
"OneDrive"
Folder
Provided
by the
"OneDrive"
app
Internet ConnectionCell Phone or Tablet to Access
"OneDrive"
"OneDrive"
App in a
Cell Phone
or
Tablet
Web
Browser to
access
onedrive.com
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The Big Picture:
OneDrive's Server Farms
Connect to the Internet
Which Connect
To Your Computer, Tablet,
and/or Cell Phone
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OneDrive's
Server Farms
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OneDrive's Server Farms
• https://www.datacenters.com/provid
ers/Microsoft
• https://www.urtech.ca/2019/01/solv
ed-where-are-microsofts-data-
centers-located/
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A Short
Description and
a Report Card
for "OneDrive"
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A SHORT DESCRIPTION
o Web browser access at
http://onedrive.com
o The app for "Windows 10.." is
bundled with "Windows 10.." but
it only works when you log into
"Wndows 10.." with a "Microsoft
Account".
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REPORT CARD FOR "ONEDRIVE"
AMOUNT OF FREE STORAGE? 5 GB
RELIABLE UPLOAD AND
DOWNLOAD OF ENTIRE
FOLDERS CONTAINING DATA
FILES?
No
NO KNOWN DATA SECURITY
COMPROMISES?Yes
ONLINE CREATION, VIEWING,
AND EDITING OF DOCUMENT
FILES AND PHOTOS?Yes
"ZERO KNOWLEDGE" OF
YOUR PASSWORD OR YOUR
STORED DATA FILESNo
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A SHORT DESCRIPTION (continued)
o To compare "OneDrive" to other
similar cloud storage services, go
to
o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa
rison_of_file_hosting_services
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari
son_of_online_backup_services
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Signing Up For
Storage Space In
"OneDrive"
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Signing Up For
Storage Space In
"OneDrive"
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SIGNING UP FOR STORAGE SPACE IN
"ONEDRIVE"
o If you already have any type of
Microsoft account, you can use it to
sign into "OneDrive" by using a
Web browser to go to either
o https://onedrive.com
o or
https://onedrive.live.com
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SIGNING UP FOR STORAGE SPACE IN
"ONEDRIVE"
o Your existing "Office Online",
"Windows Phone", "Surface"
tablet, "Xbox", "Bing",
"Outlook.com", or "Microsoft
Store" account can be used to
sign into your "OneDrive"
account.
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SIGNING UP FOR STORAGE SPACE IN
"ONEDRIVE"
o If do not already have any type of
Microsoft account, you can click on
the "Sign Up" button at this same
Web page.
o The "Username" for your "Microsoft
Account" has to be a new or
existing email address.
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Two Ways To Access
Your Storage Space
In "OneDrive":
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TWO WAYS TO ACCESS YOUR
"ONEDRIVE" STORAGE SPACE FROM A
WINDOWS.. OR macOS COMPUTER
o Method 1: Using a Web browser such
as "Internet Explorer", "Firefox",
"Google Chrome browser", or "Edge"
to go to onedrive.com
o Method 2: Using the "OneDrive"
folder that was created by the
"OneDrive.." app
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TWO WAYS TO ACCESS YOUR
"ONEDRIVE" STORAGE SPACE FROM A
WINDOWS.. OR macOS COMPUTER
(continued)
o Method 1 details:
Use a Web browser to go to
onedrive.com
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TWO WAYS TO ACCESS YOUR
"ONEDRIVE" STORAGE SPACE FROM A
WINDOWS.. OR macOS COMPUTER
(continued)
o Method 2 details:
Use the "OneDrive" folder that has
been created by the bundled
"OneDrive" app:
Start "File Explorer" and double-
click on the "OneDrive" folder:
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GRANULARITY OF CONTROL IS
ONEDRIVE'S KEY FEATURE• If you log into "Windows 10" with a
Microsoft account and you get the
bundled OneDrive app working, then
you have superior control over how
each file or folder that you store on
"OneDrive" behaves:
Online only, download when needed,
synchronized between the server farm
and your computer's hard drive, etc.
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GRANULARITY OF CONTROL IS
ONEDRIVE'S KEY FEATURE
(continued)
• http://techgenix.com/onedrive-
features/
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/onedrive
-tips-and-tricks-how-to-master-
microsofts-free-cloud-storage/
• https://pureinfotech.com/disable-
onedrive-sync-status-icon-file-
explorer-windows-10/
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OneDrive (continued)• Collaboration with File
Versioning
"OneDrive" lets you share files with
others. You can give them the
ability to edit the files using "Office
Online". If you do so, "OneDrive"
will keep versions of the files that
others edit so that you can see
what changes that they have made
to a file.
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OneDrive (continued)• Microsoft's instructions for setting
up "OneDrive" in Windows 10, 8.1,
and 7:
https://support.office.com/en-
us/article/sync-files-with-the-
onedrive-sync-client-in-windows-
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OneDrive (continued)• Key feature of "OneDrive":
Keeps "Special Folders" all the
same as long as you log into a
"Windows.." computer that has the
bundled "OneDrive" app installed
and activated, a "macOS" computer
that has the "OneDrive" app
installed, or a cell phone that has
the "OneDrive" app installed in it.
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PROBLEMS WITH "ONEDRIVE"
• When you are using the "OneDrive"
app or a Web browser to upload
files and/or folders up to the
"OneDrive" server farm, it refuses
to let you upload some files and
folders and the error messages do
not make sense:
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PROBLEMS WITH "ONEDRIVE"
(continued)• The bundled "OneDrive" app in
"Windows 10.." only works when you
log into "Windows 10.." with a
"Microsoft Account". If you log into
"Windows 10.." with a "local account"
and you then use a "Microsoft
Account" to get into the "OneDrive"
app, your attempts to upload data files
with either the "OneDrive" app or the
"OneDrive" folder will fail.
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PROBLEMS WITH "ONEDRIVE"
(continued)• If you log into the OneDrive app from a
computer and you use "File Explorer"
upload data files by dragging from a
local hard drive to the "OneDrive" folder,
your data files will never arrive up at the
server farms of the OneDrive cloud
storage service. Afterwards, when you
use a Web browser to go to your
OneDrive.com account, you will
discover that your data files never made
it there!
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