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Microsoft OneDrive for Business pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

Microsoft OneDrive for Business offers seamless integration with other Microsoft products, enhancing its utility and ease of use.
The ability to access and share documents from anywhere, ensuring seamless collaboration and data availability remotely.
Automatic backup and synchronization features ensure data reliability and protection against system crashes.
The scalability and cloud-based storage capabilities make it an efficient central hub for document management and sharing.
The inclusion of Microsoft OneDrive for Business in the standard Office 365 subscription provides significant value without additional cost.

CONS

Microsoft OneDrive for Business takes too long to synchronize applications and requires too much bandwidth.
There are issues with storing large files, unlike Google Drive or Dropbox.
Sharing documents outside the organization is difficult, and shared links are often too long.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business lacks support for backing up .PST files, impacting email management.
Technical support for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is inadequate and worsened after COVID lockdowns.
 

Microsoft OneDrive for Business Pros review quotes

PramodChaudharyDarwha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at TCS
Jun 21, 2026
Because of this, we have saved 80% of our team's time.
AM
Technology Analyst at Infosys
Aug 1, 2025
The best thing about Microsoft OneDrive for Business is its shared part—for Microsoft OneDrive for Business, we can share folder labels as well as specific files, which is the best feature that I would recommend.
Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Jun 22, 2026
Document sharing and updating has become twenty to thirty percent faster after adopting Microsoft OneDrive for Business, which has improved collaborations and reduced rework and de-duplication of files.
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Bharat Raghavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager For Marketing And Strategy at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 4, 2026
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is very stable and very good.
Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant and Owner at Griggs Consulting
Aug 5, 2025
Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving, as I've been in IT for over thirty years and have seen plenty of times when people forgot to hit file save and lost data, and having this automatically saved constantly is a very nice feature set.
Ravan Nannapaneni - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Oliver Wyman
Aug 6, 2025
The advantage with Microsoft OneDrive for Business storage is that wherever you are, your data is available on that machine, so your work effectively moves to the other machine once it is saved in Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
AP
Executive Director at Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Jul 10, 2025
Some of the best features I appreciate most about Microsoft OneDrive are the simplicity to map different kinds of SharePoint files that are stored in the cloud.
GF
ECM Technical Consultant at Konica Minolta
Aug 11, 2025
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is easier to use because it has all the tools integrated with SharePoint and Teams, and Microsoft Office is already inside the office, making it the least problematic to implement.
RV
Jul 31, 2025
The best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are its continuous improvement in terms of cloud capabilities, security features, and user experience as it's enhancing every day compared to the past.
MP
IT Analyst at Java
Jul 17, 2025
The integration aspect is very impressive; I love that I can share and appreciate the whole aspect of the product.
 

Microsoft OneDrive for Business Cons review quotes

PramodChaudharyDarwha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at TCS
Jun 21, 2026
Sometimes I think the auto-save feature of the things that we edit should also work in offline mode for some time, because once we get disconnected, I sometimes feel that the Excel or the Word document is trying to connect to Microsoft OneDrive for Business and trying to save it, but somehow the sessions expire.
AM
Technology Analyst at Infosys
Aug 1, 2025
Regarding Microsoft OneDrive for Business's versioning control, sometimes there are syncing problems.
Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Jun 22, 2026
Microsoft OneDrive for Business has been a solid platform, but sometimes when dealing with larger files or folders, synchronization is not as perfect or as real-time as it could be.
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft OneDrive for Business. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
908,858 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Bharat Raghavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager For Marketing And Strategy at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 4, 2026
For Microsoft OneDrive for Business, something which would really be helpful is something which would help with Outlook email automation.
Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant and Owner at Griggs Consulting
Aug 5, 2025
One of the things that I find to be challenging about Microsoft OneDrive for Business, specifically working with Windows eleven, is that it automatically tries to sync up accounts.
Ravan Nannapaneni - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Oliver Wyman
Aug 6, 2025
However, sometimes when we work on PowerPoint or large Word documents, there is a chance that the document gets rolled back to a previous version, and you lose your work.
AP
Executive Director at Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Jul 10, 2025
When referring to the beginning, I mean more than 10 years ago; we used to have problems with losing connections and files due to synchronization issues between the local and cloud file systems, and there were also numerous problems when using Mac.
GF
ECM Technical Consultant at Konica Minolta
Aug 11, 2025
The solution can be complex to deal with at times.
RV
Jul 31, 2025
The maintenance required for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is okay, but I find it resource-intensive and not very user-friendly.
MP
IT Analyst at Java
Jul 17, 2025
The interface could be more clean and more user-friendly.