People can generate documents within their OneDrive space or upload documents and files and have a multitude of tools at their disposal to organize their personal content. The real power behind OneDrive for Business is that it gives employees a place to store files and work on documents that is accessible from anywhere. Are you looking for a good, clear introduction to OneDrive? Check out this post: Click To Tweet Personal Cloud Storage for Employee Collaboration The features available via OneDrive For Business make it an ideal collaboration tool for business users, especially when included as a feature within the other applications of Office 365. If you want these features for your homework (some of us really do- it’s great to be able to automate and keep track of personal banking and when/who is doing the chores…) you can simply buy a business license for Office 365 for plus or minus a few dollars the home license depending on which options you choose.

The version of “OneDrive” that comes with a personal license or a “Home” Office 365 license has plenty of capabilities but lacks some of the enterprise-level controls given to organizations for workplace security, automation, and integration.

OneDrive for Business is separate from “OneDrive” as it has many more tie-ins to the enterprise features that Office 365 for Business or Enterprise brings to the table. Microsoft has been working on this model of hosted storage in one form or another for a few decades now, and many of the features they offer with OneDrive were once far ahead of their time, but now are a standard across the cloud storage and collaboration space.

OneDrive for Business (ODFB) is Microsoft’s answer to the personal cloud storage space. Is your organization still transitioning to working online? AvePoint is offering free Office 365 migration services when buying Cloud Backup through June 30, 2020! Click here for details.

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