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Microsoft OneDrive
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Microsoft OneDrive is a file-hosting service operated by Microsoft. First released as SkyDrive in August 2007, it allows registered users to store, share, back-up and synchronize their files. OneDrive also works as the storage backend of the web version of Microsoft 365. OneDrive offers 5 gigabytes of storage space free of charge, with 100 GB, 1 TB, and 6 TB storage options available, either separately or with Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Microsoft OneDrive for Web
- Website.logo
- File:Microsoft OneDrive Icon (2025 - present).svg
- Website.logo_caption
- OneDrive logo
- Website.logo_size
- 150px
- Website.screenshot
- OneDrive screenshot.png
- Website.screenshot_size
- 250px
- Website.ipv6
- No
- Website.type
- File-hosting service
- Website.language_count
- 105
- Website.owner
- Microsoft
- Website.launch_date
- as SkyDrive; as OneDrive
- Software.name
- OneDrive
- Software.screenshot
- OneDrive app screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- OneDrive client app, as appears on PC, Xbox One and HoloLens
- Software.developer
- Microsoft
- Software.ver layout
- stacked
- Software.genre
- File manager, file synchronization
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Owned by
- Microsoft
- Creator
- Microsoft
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Official website
- skydrive.live.com
- Image
- Screenshot webové verze služby OneDrive v češtině.png
- Has use
- file manager
Show 14 more facts
- language of work or name
- Czech
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/onedrive
- operating system
- Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S system software
- Commons category
- Microsoft OneDrive
- official blog URL
- blog.onedrive.com
- inception
- 2007-08-01
- software version identifier
- 13.5.6552.9123
- product or material produced
- file-hosting service
- distributed by
- Q368215
- replaces
- Windows Live Mesh
- social media followers
- 1107657
- input device
- touchscreen
- service status information URL
- admin.microsoft.com/servicestatus
- shortened URL formatter
- 1drv.ms/$1
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Sky lawsuit and OneDrive renaming
- Storage
- Quota
- Versioning
- Recycle bin
- Download as ZIP files
- Files On-Demand
- Editing
- Office for the web
- Formats
- Photos and videos
- Client apps
- Integration with Microsoft Office
- Personal Vault
- Interoperability
- Privacy concerns, complete loss of access to data and applications
- OneDrive for Business
- See also
- References
Microsoft OneDrive is a file-hosting service operated by Microsoft. First released as SkyDrive in August 2007, it allows registered users to store, share, back-up and synchronize their files. OneDrive also works as the storage backend of the web version of Microsoft 365. OneDrive offers 5 gigabytes of storage space free of charge, with 100 GB, 1 TB, and 6 TB storage options available, either separately or with Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
The OneDrive client app adds file synchronization and cloud backup features to its device. The app comes included with Microsoft Windows, and is also currently available for macOS, Android and iOS. In addition, Microsoft 365 apps directly integrate with OneDrive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microsoft OneDrive” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.