Windows 10 All-In-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 1

Using OneDrive

IN THIS CHAPTER

Introducing OneDrive

Working with OneDrive through File Explorer

Running OneDrive on the Internet

Files On-Demand (formerly Placeholders)

Predicting new directions with OneDrive

If you’ve used Windows for a while, you might recall the Microsoft online storage service known as SkyDrive. Those were the old days. Microsoft lost a trademark lawsuit in the UK with British Sky Broadcasting — the TV people — and instead of taking the lawsuit back for another appeal, MS decided it was smarter to just stop using the term Sky. I’m astounded that a company can trademark the name Sky, but then again I’m still dealing with the idea that a company can trademark the name Windows.

Start with the basics: OneDrive is an online storage service, sold by Microsoft, which has some features woven into Windows, to make it easier to work with your files stored on Microsoft’s servers in the cloud. (Cloud is another word for the web or the Internet.)

“In the cloud” ...