And OneDrive wasn’t even a consideration.

Although I have one issue with it, that of backing up useless files that the program won’t let me prevent because it has no filter to do so, overall I am satisfied with it. In my case I was long backing up my stuff to the cloud using Sugar Sync. If they don’t it’s a whole different story.

Leo, your comments about OneDrive are well and good if a person “wants” to use it.

Microsoft 365 Family – Up to six users of Microsoft Office, each with their own terabyte of OneDrive storage, for a total of up to 6TB.Ĭurrent pricing is available on Microsoft’s Compare OneDrive Cloud Storage Pricing and Plans page.

Microsoft 365 Personal – Single-user subscription to Microsoft Office, including all of the Microsoft Office tools, as well as 1 terabyte of OneDrive storage.

This is simply more storage, paid monthly.

OneDrive Standalone 100GB – Exactly what the name implies.

Microsoft offers several different plans for home users (and more for businesses). This means you can store only up to 5GB of data - documents, images, videos, and so on - in the service, or use OneDrive to synchronize only up to 5GB of information across your devices. With OneDrive free, you get 5 gigabytes (GB) of storage. While there are a variety of features available in the paid plans, the biggest differentiator with the free offering is space. Just visit and sign in with the same credentials.

If you have a Microsoft account - meaning any account you can use to sign into, or an account you use to sign into your PC - you already have access. OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service, is indeed free. Just what is OneDrive? And what’s it good for? Check out Half a Dozen Uses for OneDrive.

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