All users have access to OneDrive cloud storage. The space each user receives is 1TB (1.000 GB).
OneDrive is included with the Microsoft 365 package. Onedrive can also be downloaded through Microsofts web page or through Apple's MacOS App Store.
Onedrive can also be accessed through the web at onedrive.hi.is.
Windows
- Open OneDrive on the computer. It can be found by clicking on the "Start" button (Windows icon) in the lower left-hand corner and typing "OneDrive":
- Sign in with your UI email address (The one used in Ugla):
- Here you can change the location of where you want to store the data for OneDrive. Click "Next":
- Here you can choose which folders sync automatically to the cloud. Select folders to sync and then click "Next" or "Start back up":
- If you are offered to install the mobile app click "Later":
- Click "Open my OneDrive folder":
- The OneDrive folder opens. On the right, you will notice your OneDrive folder. You work with this folder like any other hard drive or folder and it syncs automatically to your online OneDrive:
- Everything you save or change here is now also available online and other devices that are running OneDrive.
- When OneDrive is active a blue cloud will appear in the corner. It can also be opened to check the sync status and to open the OneDrive folder:
MacOS
- Open the Onedrive app through finder in the applications folder or use the search function to find it:
- In the top right corner you will see the OneDrive cloud icon. Select the icon and sign in with your UI email address:
- Here you can select the location of the OneDrive folder. Documents is chosen by default:
- Here are windows that introduce you too OneDrive. Select next in each window:
- OneDrive will offer you to setup the mobile app. Select "Later":
- OneDrive is now ready. Access your Onedrive folder through "Finder". The name of the folder is "OneDrive - Menntaský". You can open it by selecting "Open OneDrive folder":
Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad)
- Install the Microsoft 365 app through the Play Store (Android) or App Store (iPhone & iPad) depending on the device.
- Once downloaded open the app and sign in with your UI email address.
Once signed in you can start browsing OneDrive.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneDrive are built into the M365 app however you can also download the OneDrive app on its own through the Play Store (Android) or App Store (iPhone & iPad).
Further information and assistance
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