We are looking to Pioneer a 'OneDrive before N: Drive' policy whereby any personal documents should be stored on your OneDrive rather than the N:/O: drives. This is because you would be able to access those documents whereever you are without having to have a VPN to get onto our local network drives. A large amount of you most likely won't have this set up on your computers, so here's how to activate it and set up the OneDrive folder on your PC:


1. Browse to File Explorer and click on your 'OneDrive' folder on the left hand side, you should be prompted with the below window. Enter your email address and you will be able to link it

2. If you are prompted to enter your password, do so and you should be taken to the next screen. If it asks you whether you are using a personal or work/school account, select 'Work/School'. This should take you through to the next window. If you click 'Next' twice, you will have synced your OneDrive folder (only relevant if you currently have files in your OneDrive) to your PC. Additionally you will now be able to access your OneDrive folder from File Explorer. Anything you place into that folder will be uploaded to the Office365 cloud.


Once in the cloud, you can view your files online by browsing to outlook.office365.com, clicking on the 9 dots in the top left hand corner and selecting 'OneDrive'. Here you will see your OneDrive folder structure where you can edit documents, amend changes and share with people internally & externally. Below is a brief video from Office365 talking you through the different ways of getting files from your local PC into OneDrive.




Any issues or questions please contact the MIS team and we'll do our best to advise.