Saving files to OneDrive for Business from a PC
About this article
This article includes instructions for saving files to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business Cloud Storage account from a PC. It is intended for students and employees.
What's OneDrive for Business?
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is our "cloud storage" solution at WSU, which is a fancy way of saying that you all have 1 TB of storage on off-campus servers owned by Microsoft. You can upload files from your WSU desktop, laptop, or tablet to your OneDrive for Business account and work on those files directly using Microsoft Office applications. This is a great option for safeguarding your files if your device(s) should ever fail or need to be exchanged. By default, any file you upload to your OneDrive for Business cannot be accessed by any other user unless you have shared it with them. Since you can now share files using OneDrive for Business, you should never store private data here (more on data security). OneDrive for Business is much more than just cloud storage and we encourage you to learn more about this powerful tool.
How to save files to your OneDrive for Business
- Login to your OneDrive for Business account.
- Create and/or open the folder into which you want to upload your files. To create a folder, select New then Folder. Give the folder a name like 'Backup 062618' and select Create. Open that folder.
- Select Upload, find the file or folder on your computer, and then select Open.
- Another way to copy files to your OneDrive is to drag-and-drop files as shown below and in the video.
Pro tips
- You cannot upload folders to OneDrive for Business directly. You first need to create folders in OneDrive and then upload files to them.
- The trick to the drag-and-drop is to get the two windows, OneDrive and File Explorer, positioned properly on your screen. To snap an active window to the side of the desktop using the keyboard, press either Windows logo key +Left Arrow or +Right Arrow.
- There are some useful keyboard shortcuts when selecting multiple files to drag-and-drop: Ctrl+A (select all items), Shift+Left Click (selects all items between two nonadjacent items), Control+Left Click (selects specific nonadjacent items).