Overview

Northwestern State University offers OneDrive for Business as part of Office 365 subsciption for students, faculty and staff.  This service is managed by NSU Information Systems and is available to registered students, faculty and staff. OneDrive for Business provides file storage, collaboration, and communication with other NSU students, faculty and staff. You can load your OneDrive with documents, photos, and share them. You can access them anytime, anywhere and from any device!

The OneDrive for Business service is not the same as the OneDrive service offered by Microsoft to consumers. The OneDrive for Business is managed by NSU Information Systems. For information on the differences, see What is OneDrive for Business? on the Microsoft Office Web site.

OneDrive for Business Frequently Asked Questions

OneDrive for Business summary of features

Store and share files

• Store up to 1 TB of data in the cloud
• 10 GB maximum file size
• Share files with NSU students, faculty and staff

Access and synchronize files easily

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

Create and edit Microsoft Office files in the cloud with Office Web Apps

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• OneNote
• Outlook
• Teams

OneDrive for Business Applications (Client Software)

The OneDrive for Business applications are:

• OneDrive for Business app for Windows 10 and mobile devices
• OneDrive for Business sync client for Windows 10 (included with Office 365)

With OneDrive for Business applications, you can:

• Synchronize your local files with files in OneDrive for Business.
• Access your OneDrive for Business files from your desktop.
• Access Microsoft Office files stored on OneDrive for Business directly from local Office applications.

The following table summarizes support for the OneDrive for Business applications on several platforms.

Synchronizing Files

Synchronization (or sync) allows you to designate one or more OneDrive for Business folders to be replicated on your local computer or mobile device. Once you establish sync, you can change a file in OneDrive for Business and the local copy of the file is updated automatically. Likewise, when you change a local file, it is updated in OneDrive for Business.

 For Microsoft information on how to set up sync, see Sync a library to your computer.

Information from Microsoft

Microsoft provides extensive online help for OneDrive for Business. When using OneDrive for Business, click the question mark icon  in the upper-right corner of the browser window to access Microsoft help.  For information on how to use OneDrive for Business, see the guide and video on OneDrive for Business 

• What is OneDrive for Business? Describes OneDrive for Business libraries and the OneDrive for Business sync client.
• Manage your information. Describes ho w to use the basic features of OneDrive for Business. 
• Software Requirements Help topic on supported browser/OS combinations. 
• Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand Describes how to make files online only for extra disc space.
• Back up your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders with OneDrive Useful document on how to manage your what files to backup.