OneDrive for Business has company-wide administration in mind. Note: I may refer to OneDrive instead of OneDrive for Business from time to time in this article for the sake of brevity, but I always mean OneDrive for Business unless otherwise stated. To add to the mix, Microsoft often refers to OneDrive for Business as simply “OneDrive” in their documentation and even in the UI. Both look a lot alike but are managed very differently. The business version is “OneDrive for Business” and requires a subscription to Microsoft 365 or Office 365. A free version of OneDrive is available to everyone and is often called the “consumer” version. Microsoft has two different, but similar services called OneDrive, both of which offer cloud file storage for users.

We will cover advice and best practices from my extensive experience working with service ideal for system admins and those actively working with it on a daily basis. This article focuses on administration and management exclusively for OneDrive for Business.