OneDrive for Business

OneDrive for Business, a service that delivers file sharing and synchronization across platforms and devices from Microsoft-hosted or on-premises file storage, is introducing several features that are in preview or rolling out. These features improve the synchronization experience, bring more features to mobile clients, and integrate more closely with other Office 365 components. By themselves, these changes could improve user productivity. However, new features work first (and sometimes only) with Microsoft-hosted OneDrive for Business storage, and some features will require active Software Assurance to work with on-premises SharePoint Server file storage.

This chapter describes the current state and roadmap of Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business Web file-sharing technology, which is distinct from the OneDrive technology offered to consumers.

What Is OneDrive for Business?

OneDrive for Business technology enables mobile and roaming users to store files in document libraries and access and search them securely over the Internet, without a virtual private network (VPN) connection. Users can also share files selectively with other users and maintain copies of files for offline use on multiple devices.