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Storing your files in the cloud with OneDrive

Guide overview

This guide will provide a brief introduction to OneDrive and how to access OneDrive via your Office 365 email account online, as well as how to sync files with OneDrive in Windows from a computer.

OneDrive at Hull York Medical School

OneDrive is the Microsoft cloud service that connects you to all your files. It lets you store and protect your files, share them with others, and get to them from anywhere on all your devices. Your Hull York Medical School Office 365 account gives you 1TB of space in the Microsoft cloud.

Sharing files

All files that you store in OneDrive are private unless you decide to share them. You can share files and folders with colleagues. You can even share with partners outside of Hull York Medical School.

Please click on the below video tutorial to see a brief overview of OneDrive from Microsoft.

 

 

Access OneDrive

  1. You will need to sign in to your HYMS Office365 email account. Please click on the following link to sign in; sign in to Office 365.
  2. Once logged in, at the top of the page select the app launcher.
  3. The app launcher icon in Office 365Then select OneDrive.The Office 365 app launcher with the OneDrive app highlighted
Syncing your OneDrive to your computer

We do not recommend syncing your OneDrive to your PC\Laptop (there have been issues of users work not syncing to the cloud and been lost when PC\Laptop issues occur), if you require access to a file\files when you know you are going to be offline, please download to your device then upload when back on line.  

Updated on 28/11/2024

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