OneDrive vs. SharePoint: What’s the difference?
It’s inevitable that you have heard the terms OneDrive and SharePoint but determining when to use one over the other can be confusing. Here is a quick guide to better understand when to use one over the other.
To start, we have all heard of Teams. As a reminder, Teams is a cloud-based collaborative platform for chat, videoconferencing, file storage, and more! You can use Teams to chat one-on-one with colleagues, or create Teams of people for group chats, group videoconferencing, and file sharing.
OneDrive. OneDrive is simply put, a cloud-based folder storage solution. It is the preferred folder for storing files over your desktop or M and H drives. Files stored in your OneDrive are private unless shared with other users. Following personnel changes, files stored in OneDrive, whether shared or not, will be removed once an account has been deactivated.
SharePoint. SharePoint is also a cloud-based folder storage solution but is best used for collaboration in common files for simultaneous editing and review. SharePoint is the folder files are stored in when using Teams. Additionally, user access to the files is based on permission to a particular Team or SharePoint. Long after personnel changes, files stored in SharePoint will remain.
