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Microsoft OneDrive pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft

4.1 out of 5

19 reviews
90% willing to recommend

587 followers

Pros & Cons summary

Microsoft OneDrive offers file sharing and cloud collaboration without additional hardware. Integration with Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office apps allows access and editing almost anywhere. Features include backup, sync, and substantial storage, though sensitive data storage is risky due to hacking. Performance issues occur with large file shares, and initial setup can be confusing. Sharing and permission limitations, plus lack of .PST and email archive support, present challenges.

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PROS

Microsoft OneDrive allows easy file sharing without additional hardware like flash drives.

The ability to modify and store files online without downloading is highly valuable.

It integrates well with other Microsoft products and Office 365, facilitating collaboration and document sharing.

Its reliability in safeguarding data and preventing file loss is noteworthy.

Users have access to files from virtually anywhere, with automatic backup and syncing features enhancing data security.

CONS

Microsoft OneDrive should avoid storage of sensitive information due to hacking vulnerabilities.

Sharing functionality is complicated; links are long and sharing outside organizations is challenging.

Microsoft OneDrive lacks a mobile app similar to Google Drive, affecting document access on the go.

Technical support is subpar and worsened since the COVID lockdowns began.

Security is less flexible compared to competitors like Dropbox, limiting shared file management.

Microsoft OneDrive Pros review quotes

reviewer1296873

Implementation Specialist - Application Solutions at a music company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 27, 2020

It is well integrated with other Microsoft products.

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Contact Center Consultant at okiBoe Group

Sep 21, 2020

It helps you keep organized.

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reviewer1264041

IT Analyst at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Sep 21, 2020

It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members.

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reviewer1269924

Non Medicaid Service Coordinator at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Sep 21, 2020

It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily.

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Director, Customer Success at SAP

May 1, 2022

The stability of Microsoft OneDrive is very good, it is reliable. There were multiple instances where I had lost my valuable data on hard drives in several other places. However, with Microsoft OneDrive, I've never lost a single file.

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reviewer1361028

Information Security Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 5, 2020

The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful.

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MN

IT Officer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Jul 20, 2020

With this solution, the sharing of documents if very easy to do. There's a lot of collaboration you can do with your colleagues.

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Founder at SDWAN Clan

Jul 19, 2020

Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format.

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MA

Geophysical Analyst at GMA Proyectos Siglo XXI C.A

Mar 31, 2018

It was extremely easy to setup.

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DO

Personal docente at Universidad Politécnica Territorial del Estado Aragua "Federico Brito Figueroa"

Aug 7, 2018

The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications.

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Microsoft OneDrive Cons review quotes

reviewer1296873

Implementation Specialist - Application Solutions at a music company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 27, 2020

There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files.

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Contact Center Consultant at okiBoe Group

Sep 21, 2020

Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns.

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reviewer1264041

IT Analyst at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Sep 21, 2020

Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use.

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reviewer1269924

Non Medicaid Service Coordinator at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Sep 21, 2020

The solution has sub-folders, which are visible to various team members. If you want to ensure the information is private, you would need to have a certain level of seniority in the office.

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Director, Customer Success at SAP

May 1, 2022

Microsoft OneDrive could improve because it doesn't support backing up .PST files, which are Outlook data files, and email archives. This is a substantial setback when it comes to Microsoft OneDrive.

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reviewer1361028

Information Security Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 5, 2020

The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone.

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MN

IT Officer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Jul 20, 2020

The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings.

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Founder at SDWAN Clan

Jul 19, 2020

If I want to pick out certain criteria of pictures, Google enables me to do that whereas OneDrive is a bit sort of flaky.

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MA

Geophysical Analyst at GMA Proyectos Siglo XXI C.A

Mar 31, 2018

I would advice not storage sensitive information since it could be prone to hacking.

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DO

Personal docente at Universidad Politécnica Territorial del Estado Aragua "Federico Brito Figueroa"

Aug 7, 2018

An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it.

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