Microsoft 365 cloud storage:

Wesleyan staff, faculty, and active students enjoy access to the Microsoft 365 suite. This include 5 TB of storage on OneDrive and 25 TB of storage per SharePoint Site. So, when should you use OneDrive and When should you use SharePoint?

Answer:

• If you’re working on a file by yourself, save it to OneDrive. Your OneDrive files are private unless you share them with others, which is particularly useful if you haven’t created a team yet.
• If you’re already working as a team — in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or Outlook—you should save your files where your team works, because OneDrive for work or school connects you to all your shared libraries, too.
• When you need a new shared location to store team files, create a shared library right from OneDrive, add members, and start working together. These libraries are accessible within Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook. And it’s easy to copy or move files where you and others need them.

 Note: If you don't see the option to create a shared library from OneDrive, read Create a document library from SharePoint or Move or copy files in SharePoint.

Summary:

• SharePoint focuses on sharing files within a group or team capacity (with the ability for all invited members to edit those files) and OneDrive is more of a personal storage facility, much like having ‘My Documents’ on the cloud.

We hope you have found this information helpful!

 

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