Mobile phones, tablets, laptops & Desktops, these are the devices that every person who is seriously considering growing in the professional sphere has to use frequently in order to be productive.
Now people have more options to access data and work upon it than ever. This becomes more obvious in the professional work scenarios. Now everything, well almost everything needs the internet to run. Why would one need Microsoft OneDrive?Īs we mentioned earlier that internet has also evolved. It is available to the users both as a standalone cloud storage application and also as a bundled version which has Microsoft Office 365 built-in to Microsoft OneDrive application. In technical terms, it’s a file hosting, sharing and synchronization service provided by Microsoft. It’s the latest avatar of what was earlier known as SkyDrive. It’s a cloud storage service by Microsoft. That’s where Microsoft OneDrive comes in to picture. Earlier the hard drives would suffice, but now it seems cloud storage is the king. The backbone of any digital operation is the collection and analysis of data.
Well over the time everything changes, and yes even internet had to eventually evolve. When prompted for an email address and password during the installation, use your USC NetID email address and password.Internet has changed the way things used to work in the world.
To download and install the OneDrive for Business app for Android, iOS, or Windows mobile devices, click the Microsoft links below from your mobile device. You can also access your OneDrive folder by clicking the cloud icon on the top menu bar. To add your OneDrive folder to your Favorites in Finder, drag your OneDrive folder into Favorites.
The Your OneDrive is Ready for You screen will appear.Either click All files and folders on my OneDrive to make all of your OneDrive files accessible on your computer or click Choose folders to sync to select the folders you would like to sync with OneDrive for Business and then click Next. The Sync Files from Your OneDrive screen will appear.The This Is Your OneDrive Folder screen will reappear.Navigate to the where you want your OneDrive folder to be installed and click Choose a location.The This Is Your OneDrive Folder screen will appear.Enter your USC Net ID email address and password and click Log in.Click the password field and wait for it to redirect you to the login screen. You will be brought to the Office 365 screen.On the Set up OneDrive screen, enter your USC email address and click Sign in.Go to your Applications folder and click the OneDrive icon.Once you have downloaded OneDrive from the Mac App Store: Sign-in to your App Store account to begin the download.
NOTE: On computers running the Windows 8.1 operating systems, you will see the Set Up OneDrive screen when you launch OneDrive. Click the cloud icon in the Windows task bar to set up OneDrive.To configure the Windows OneDrive app to access the files in your USC Office 365 account: If your computer is running Windows 8.1, 7, or Vista, download the app through Microsoft’s OneDrive website at /about/en-us/download.
If your computer is running the Windows 10 operating system, the OneDrive desktop app is already installed.
This page will explain how to download these apps and configure them to access your USC OneDrive for Business files.
You can sync and backup your computer’s files using OneDrive for Business through a web browser or through desktop and mobile apps.