2018-08-07T23:01:00Z

What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?

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Victor Bayouwa - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-04-20T13:51:13Z
Apr 20, 2023

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.

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Richard Hermogeno - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-02-06T12:35:00Z
Feb 6, 2023

The primary use of Microsoft OneDrive Enterprise is for our file repository and file sharing.

Stavros Tsakmakas - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-07-18T07:45:00Z
Jul 18, 2022

I use it because I have to access my data with different devices. So, it actually helps me no matter where I am or which device I'm using to be able to not lose any of the files that I have. As for my personal use, I have it mostly to transfer my data and some information that I want, so I won't lose it from phone to phone, or in general, from a device that I am using.

Sunil Mehta - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-05-01T05:36:17Z
May 1, 2022

Microsoft OneDrive is used for anything and everything I have on my laptop, I backup on it. If I'm shifting to another laptop I can restore the data on that other laptop, the data is very secured. Sometimes we share files with each other in a very secure manner. We upload the files onto SharePoint or OneDrive, and then send the secured link to the intended recipient. Overall the solution is used to backup data.

ST
Real User
2020-10-08T07:25:25Z
Oct 8, 2020

We primarily use OneDrive for storing our SharePoint files. Sometimes, we use it for individual backup and server backup.

AN
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:19Z
Sep 27, 2020

Our primary use case is having it as our primary sharing and collaboration tool. Our company is in the entertainment industry. We have lots of different departments like finance, legal, animation, sound, editing — all of that. The actual use case really depends on the department and sometimes the user. For example, I am in our tech department. If I want to share some sort of document with my team, I just put it on OneDrive. Then, if I already shared a folder, I just drop it in that folder and everyone with access to that folder gets access to that file. That is pretty much how everyone is doing their work and sharing their stuff. They create shared folders and they give permissions to different people as to what they can access and then they put stuff in those folders. That covers our basic use cases.

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DT
Real User
2020-09-23T06:10:05Z
Sep 23, 2020

People in our company often use different methods for storage of their documents. So we've had access to OneDrive for collaboration between employees. I'm a manager of the company and we're customers of Microsoft.

CA
Real User
2020-09-21T06:33:11Z
Sep 21, 2020

My primary use for the product is keeping files off my desktop and then to use it as a backup if my hard drive cracks or something like that. I am just a one-person consulting firm. I used to have more people working for me, but they are all retired. I am still here and I am the only one left because I was so much younger than everybody else. To Microsoft, I am just a customer and my grandchildren buy their video games.

CO
Real User
2020-09-21T06:33:08Z
Sep 21, 2020

OneDrive is just part of the package that is deployed with Office 365. I have been using it personally. It is not exactly the type of solution we are shooting for in the company I work for anymore, although we used to use it. I have been primarily using it for storage for personal backup. When I first started at the company in 2016, it was actually used as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members. That need kind of dissipated over time. So, I am just using it personally for backup now.

IK
Real User
2020-09-21T06:33:00Z
Sep 21, 2020

I primarily use the solution for both professional work and school work.

HS
Real User
2020-07-23T07:58:00Z
Jul 23, 2020

We began using OneDrive with our migration to using Office 365.

DO
Real User
2018-08-07T23:01:00Z
Aug 7, 2018

OneDrive has been used in a personal setting for several years, but with the project of making a blog it has served me by hosting important files that I must place on the page. It is important to highlight that because of the option to share, I have been able to work with other colleagues that help me on the blog project, who edit and modify the shared items in order to improve them. On the other hand, when blog users have to download a document, OneDrive is the main server where I host office files in general, since from that platform I can make editions with the online programs that complement the online service of Microsoft.

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