14 Facts About Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft OneDrive is a file hosting service operated by Microsoft.

Microsoft OneDrive added the ability to have full-screen slide shows for photos using Silverlight.

Microsoft OneDrive became involved in a lawsuit with British television broadcaster Sky UK for using the word "Sky", resulting in a High Court ruling in June 2013 that the service's brand breached Sky's trademark.

Sky allowed Microsoft OneDrive to continue using the brand "for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand".

In October 2014 Microsoft announced that it would offer unlimited OneDrive storage to all Office 365 subscribers.

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In June 2019, alongside the announcement for the Personal Vault, Microsoft announced that it would increase the OneDrive standalone storage plan from 50 GB to 100 GB at no additional charge, and that it would be giving Office 365 subscribers a new option to add more storage as they need it.

In July 2017 Microsoft OneDrive team announced that version history support for all file types was the top requested feature; as such, OneDrive would keep older versions of all files for up to 30 days.

On Windows 10, Microsoft OneDrive can utilize Files On-Demand, where files synchronized with Microsoft OneDrive show up in file listings, but do not require any disk space.

Microsoft OneDrive includes an online text editor that allows users to view and edit files in plain text format, such as text files and batch files.

Images uploaded to Microsoft OneDrive will be recognized as 360° images if they are clicked with popular models of 360° cameras in a panoramic mode, right from within the Microsoft OneDrive.

Microsoft OneDrive further commented that this was always the requirement; it had merely fixed a bug in which the warning was not displayed.

Microsoft OneDrive allows users to embed their Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents into other web pages.

Microsoft OneDrive is already interoperable with a host of web services, including:.

Microsoft OneDrive has responded by indicating that "strict internal policies [are] in place to limit access to a user's data", and that advanced mechanisms, such as Microsoft OneDrive's automated PhotoDNA scanning tool, are utilized to ensure users abide with the Code of Conduct and that their account does not contain files in contravention thereof, such as partial human nudity, or any online surveys.