There are several benefits that using OneDrive has over local PC storage:
- Files are encrypted at rest and in transit, so you can ensure that your files are protected if any viruses/malware or ransomware were to affect your PC.
- Your files are secure, meaning that nobody else can access them unless you give them your password to access your account, or you share out files/folders manually.
- Version controlling is a built-in feature to most OneDrive files, meaning that any changes made are stored as a separate version of the file, which you can compare to current versions or restore if accidental changes are made.
- You can collaborate on documents with multiple users, meaning lots of people can work on one file at any one time.
- Each user gets up to 1TB (1000GB) of storage in their OneDrive, which is just over 8x the amount of storage you get on your PC at the moment.