Files Restore is rolling out starting today for
OneDrive for Business users and will continue to become available for more users over the coming weeks.
There was some confusion that only
OneDrive for Business users would get the terabyte of storage.
While
OneDrive for Business users received this...
Files Restore was initially made available to
OneDrive for Business users in January, and now it's rolling out Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers.
Not exact matches
At $ 5.00 per
user per month, the most affordable
OneDrive for Business plan is Office 365
Business Essentials.
OneDrive storage along with full Office on PC or Mac and mobile apps starts at $ 8.25 per month
for each
user with Office 365
Business.
OneDrive for Business offers more security options than the consumer - grade
OneDrive service plus each
user gets 1 TB of storage space.
Previously available in
OneDrive for Business accounts, the feature allows
users to restore an entire
OneDrive file repository to a previous point in time, up to 30 days, said Koenigsbauer.
Microsoft at its Ignite conference last fall announced a new
OneDrive for Business feature that would enable
users to easily recover files following catastrophic events like mass deletes, corruption or other data loss scenarios.
Microsoft has just updated its
OneDrive cloud storage app
for Android to include support
for OneDrive for Business, allowing users to sign in with either their personal or business OneDrive a
Business, allowing
users to sign in with either their personal or
business OneDrive a
business OneDrive accounts.
Microsoft is touting
OneDrive for Business» cost,
user interface, personalized search, security, and integration with Office 365 as competitive advantages.
Files Restore will let
users restore their
OneDrive for Business to a previous time within the last 30 days.
That feature,
OneDrive for Business Files Restore, will be coming to Office 365
users starting in late January.
Microsoft is adding a feature to its
OneDrive for Business cloud - storage service that will allow
users to restore all types of
OneDrive files and folders.
If too many
OneDrive files get corrupted or infected,
users will have the option of restoring their entire
OneDrive for Business to a previous time.
While Files Restore is
for business users only right now, hopefully it will roll out
for all
OneDrive denizens before long.
The single sync engine will replace the current lineup of three utilities: One
for Windows 7 / 8 / Mac
for consumer services, another
for OneDrive for Business (based on the old Groove sync capabilities), and the newest one
for Windows 8.1, offering support
for a new feature, «placeholder files,» which allow a Windows 8.1
user to browse the contents of
OneDrive in the File Explorer utility, with local and cloud files existing side by side.
«This offer is valid starting February 6, 2018 through June 30, 2018
for organizations that are not currently
OneDrive for Business or Office 365 customers and who make a minimum 500
user commitment.»
But exactly how Cortana will be able to help
users with tasks like finding files in
OneDrive for Business has been a bit murky.
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