By default, all students have access to the standard 'Office' suite of web applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) via their Office 365 subscription. However, you need an Office 365 subscription to use any web-based Office 365 applications with the OneDrive space. There is no cost for student, faculty, and staff to use OneDrive. All students, faculty, and staff have a quota of 5 terabytes of online storage available through OneDrive, for files up to 250 gigabytes. You can delegate access to other users for seemless collaboration.

These files are backed up regularly to the Microsoft cloud and your file space is conveniently configured as the default save destination for all of your Office 365 applications, including Word and Excel.

Microsoft OneDrive for Business is a cloud storage solution where you can update, store, share, and sync your files from anywhere. Please see instructions for transferring ownership of your files. Note: After you leave the University, you will you will no longer have access to your cloud account at Pitt. Cloud storage is a more secure way to store your valuable files when compared to using flash drives or depending on the hard drive of a dedicated laptop or PC. Microsoft OneDrive is configured as the default save destination for all of your Office 365 applications and provides online storage as well as web-based collaboration. With cloud storage, you can store, access, edit, comment, and share files in real time, from any device–including your smartphone. Quick Links: Key Benefits I Getting Started I More How-to Pitt Information Technology migrated Box data to Microsoft OneDrive.

Microsoft OneDrive will become the preferred cloud storage and collaboration solution. IMPORTANT: The University ended its institutional license with Box in August 2022.

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