OneDrive

Microsoft OneDrive is Microsoft’s document creation, collaboration and storage platform. Microsoft OneDrive allows collaborators to:​

• Create and new documents including Documents, Spreadsheets, and Slides.​
• Share the documents and edit them with collaborators.​
• Upload and store any existing files or documents for easy access and sharing
  

Benefits

• It's free: UC San Diego has a licensing agreement with Microsoft.
• It's universal: All UC San Diego students, faculty, and staff have access to the UC San Diego Microsoft OneDrive environment.
• It's secure: Storage conforms to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements.
  • See acceptable use guidelines before determining what data you store in OneDrive.
• It's compliant. The negotiated licensing terms dictate that data be stored on U.S. soil which fulfills export control requirements.

Best for

• Storing files (each user gets 5TB of space)
• Syncing files with your local computer
• Sharing files with campus colleagues or partners outside UC San Diego

Note: OneDrive for Business is different from OneDrive, which is intended for personal files.

Get started

OneDrive and Lync are enabled for all faculty and staff AD accounts that are not under Health Sciences.

• Read the Acceptable Use Guidelines
• How to log in
• Store (upload files)
• Sync files with your local computer
• Share files
• View and edit files with Office Online
• Frequently Asked Questions