OneDrive Tutorial for Beginners

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to use Microsoft's OneDrive. Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud storage service that lets you store, access, and share your files online. Whether you need to work on a project, prepare a presentation, or read a document, OneDrive can help you get things done faster and easier. In this video, you will learn how to use OneDrive for work or school purposes. You will discover how to:

- Get OneDrive and sign in with your Microsoft work or school account.
- Navigate the home screen and see the files that are recommended for you by artificial intelligence.
- Upload a new file or create a new folder in OneDrive.
- Reorganize your files by moving, copying, renaming, or sorting them.
- Share a file with others and collaborate on it in real-time. You can also comment on files and view their version history.
- View the files shared with you and by you, and manage the sharing permissions.
- Favorite a file to access it quickly from the starred section.
- Delete and restore a file from the recycle bin.
- View the files from specific people and meetings you have recently interacted with.
- Search for files and apply filters to refine your results.
- Install OneDrive on your PC or phone and sync your files across your devices.
- Use OneDrive directly in your desktop apps, like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.

By the end of this video, you will be able to use OneDrive like a pro and make the most of its features. You can also save time and space by storing your files online and accessing them from anywhere.

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00:00 Introduction
00:38 Get OneDrive
01:12 Home view
02:24 Upload files
03:14 My files
04:57 Create a new folder
05:26 Move files
06:13 Request files
07:13 Create a new document
08:09 Share with others
10:09 Manage file access
10:56 Shared view
11:48 Add shortcut
12:49 Delete and restore file
13:45 People view
14:32 Collaborate with others
15:32 Version history
15:55 Meetings view
16:43 Search
17:30 Install OneDrive apps
19:23 OneDrive in Desktop apps
20:04 Wrap up

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[WhamboMPS]

In this video Kevin sprints through a massive amount of information - not a second wasted! He obviously did an incredible job preparing himself to present the content that he was going to discuss. For instance, he had fake logos, letters, coworker accounts, file folders, etc. all preprepared so that he could weave them into his presentation. Fundamentally this was first rate computer tutorial work and I offer the highest compliment for his efforts. Got me subscribed!🎯

[moamenkamal]

You are always unique in such way we learn everything in clear, organized and interesting ways.

[antonynganga]

Good job Kevin, I love how you explain everything so clearly and effortlessly🎉thanks bro, Dubai

[andrzej]

The way You explain how O365 works makes me immediately have some ideas for how to improve my work. Microsoft should honor you with the medal of "MVP of the ENTIRE UNIVERSE" - for showing in practice how theirs solutions can be used. It is as important to create a perfectly and well-thought-out solution - as it is to show and explain in a simple way how to use it. The "scenarios" you show are specially valuable to me. Thank you for the great job 👍
Greetings from Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱

[Cyba_IT]

Nice job Kevin. :) I love Onedrive's 'Free Up Space' function to keep everything in the cloud and save space. The other services are a bit janky in this respect and tend to delete everything, especially iCloud.

[Eternal_Tech]

OneDrive is better in theory than in practice.

If you use multiple computers and have many files, the synchronization process can take awhile. I am not referring to the actual file being downloaded to the computer, but just to have the file name appear in File Explorer. Even when the file that you want to open appears in File Explorer, it sometimes does not open because OneDrive is still synchronizing, with OneDrive refusing to perform the task that the user wants to do *right now.*

In addition, the web version of Microsoft Word is subpar. The formatting of a Word document will often be changed between the desktop and web versions of Word. Certain elements of your document will appear in the desktop version, but not in the web version. The web version will sometimes even remove simple formatting, such as tabs in the beginning of paragraphs.

My workplace used to store your files on the LAN and then allow Remote Desktop if you were offsite. While Remote Desktop could be slow, at least it was faster than the synchronization process in OneDrive and the formatting of your files was not altered.

[alexandervalladares]

Kevin your videos are amazing. You are my GO TO person for all Microsoft products !!!! Thank you

[drsmirshad]

Excellent understanding, liked all working on same file on real time. ❤

[chiluco]

Sometimes the OneDrive icon will not show on your task bar. Press the Windows button and type Onedrive and then click to open it. You then might see the circling arrows icon that tell you a file is in progress of being uploaded/downloaded.
This helps to avoid making changes to a file while it's being updated by OneDrive... the cloud is not instant like a hard drive...

[jothecrusher]

Thank you for making this informative AND humorous!

[CarnisChampion]

Oh I have been waiting for this one :D thank you!

[iMagdiAdam]

Man this is amazing explanation for apple shortcuts

[abdirazakmohamedibrahim]

Wooow, this was very fruitful short course. Thank you Kevin.

[uc]

Excellent step-by-step tutorial, Kevin! Much improved and simplified user experience with OneDrive. Love the "Add New" button and the color formatting of folders! I hope to see some of these features added to other apps, such as OneNote and File Explorer too. Thanks for sharing!

[vargasbj]

Hello Kevin from Costa Rica. I'm a Java & DotNet Developer and I love your videos!.

Can you do a video with your vision about
-when to use API
-When monolitic Web App like ASPNET MVC WEB APP

I feel people are misunderstanding API is not for everything. It should only be the option if you need different UI or B2B solution like when you need to communicate with SalesForce etc

Monolitic is not bad development but i've seen few youtubers approaching this topic.

Software is at the end one step among several to materialize tangible solutions and many developer are loosing the real target that is choose the most simple software type project.

If you noticed really few people consider solution like asp net web app or desktop app and the arguments are scalability, multiplatform operability etc but mos important any is simplicity because you need something up and running as soon as possible to start making money.. Scalability is a different animal you dont need to worry about at early stage.. You focus is start making money yesterday

Please create video to cover the topics I am mentioned. Really appreciate your guidance on this

[TheTruthSure]

Did the pigeon eat the cookies or did Nestor find a different strategy? Excellent tutorials on the new one drive. Thank you Boss

[berntlie]

Very useful. Two questions and one comment:
* Question: This is just available in "commercial" versions of OneDrive, right? It is not available in the OneDrive of my private Office365 account?
* Question: Will on-line collaboration work with non-MS programs? I use some tools (word processor, etc.) that is for writing math documents (LaTeX based tools are much better for this than Word, in my experience).
* Comment on-line sharing and collaboration... where I live, I typically get wi-fi speeds of 15 kbps - 2 Mbps in cafes. If I tether with my phone (5G support), I can get anything from 15 kbps (experienced in a large Western European city) to 200 Mbps (in my home city). So I would not use a system that is based on files in the cloud only. I want a system where I save files on my local SSD disk, and then a tool syncs my files to the cloud tool (e.g., OneDrive), and and then shuffles the files down to other computers that is in the sync loop.

[TechByTosh]

Another great video Kevin! Microsoft Co-Pilot is on its way for OneDrive, which will boost more productivity.

[drdave]

Since you are a Microsoft employee, I see why you are only talking about Office 365, but those of us who are retired on a fixed income use Microsoft 2019 or newer because we don't want a monthly subscription, but we still use it and want to learn how to use it and learn about it. We have still paid Microsoft for the product. Please help those of us on a fixed income and not an employee of a business that gives us 365

[talatala]

catch Google, keep going Microsoft ❤ 💪, love Microsoft, we miss the golden 90 an 2000 years of you