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There is no charge for use of this service.

Need to save or share your documents? OneDrive for Business is a secure and reliable cloud storage solution; your "Home Drive" in the cloud. 

Sync files across all your devices and access them anytime or anywhere both online and offline.

Advantages of using OneDrive for Business:

  • 1 TB of storage (250GB per file size limitation)
  • Microsoft Office Online
  • Real-time collaboration with students and colleagues
  • Access from anywhere

Login to Your OneDrive for Business Account

  • Faculty, Staff, and Students: Login to OneDrive for Business through Office 365 with your HawkID@uiowa.edu.
  • Health Care employees may use OneDrive for Business but you must use your HawkID to access the system. If your workstation is in the Health Care domain, you will not be able to use the desktop syncing software. You must use a Web browser to access your account.  For further information regarding this restriction, contact the HCIS Help Desk at 356-0001 or helpdesk-hcis@uiowa.edu.

All eligible faculty and staff are licensed to use OneDrive for Business.

Training

UI OneDrive for Business Training & Resources:

General OneDrive for Business Training & Resources:

 

    Current Status

    There are currently no alerts.

    Maintenance

    Services scheduled for maintenance over the next 7 days. Please refer to the calendar view of alerts for a complete schedule.
    There is currently no planned maintenance.

    Past 90 Days

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    Alert History

    Start: 
    Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 8:30am
    End: 
    Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 8:30am
    Description

    PST files will be blocked in OneDrive on Wednesday, November 17.

    What does that mean to you and your end-users?

    After the change is made, if an end-user has a PST file in an area that OneDrive is trying to sync (e.g., Desktop, Documents, or Pictures), you will get a message like the image below. The ITS e-Communication Team strongly recommends moving these files to Office 365; whether they are on the local hard drive or on a network share. As we work through the process of getting all of these files moved to Office 365, blocking the sync of the PST files should help keep the OneDrive sync clients healthier and give a message to the end-user that is easier to understand.

    Message saying "files with this icon won't sync"
    Last updated: 
    Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 8:30am
    Start: 
    Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 12:30pm
    End: 
    Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 12:00pm
    Description

    New OneDrive features (Automatic sign-in and Files On-Demand) will be added to university-managed machines on Tuesday, September 28. Learn more about these new OneDrive features. Contact your local IT person if you need an exception.

    Last updated: 
    Thursday, July 21, 2022 - 10:24am
    Start: 
    Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - 12:00pm
    End: 
    Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 12:00pm
    Description

    On July 13th, the following OneDrive features will be added to all Instructional Technology Centers (ITCs) on campus: 

    1. Automatic Sign-in: Users will automatically be signed in to OneDrive when they sign in to an ITC workstation.
    2. Files On-Demand: This allows users to see and access files in the cloud and download them on-demand only when they need them, saving space on the computer.
    3. Known Folder Moves: All files located in Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders will automatically be stored in OneDrive. 

    Depending on the type of machine used (Windows vs. Mac), user experience will be different. Learn more about these updates in the new OneDrive Features support article.

    Last updated: 
    Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 12:00pm
    Start: 
    Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 1:45pm
    End: 
    Friday, November 22, 2019 - 8:30am
    Updates
    Friday, November 22, 2019 - 8:45am

    Access to SharePoint sites and OneDrive has been restored. 

    Description

    Some users are not able to connect to SharePoint sites or OneDrive. Microsoft is working on the problem.

    Last updated: 
    Friday, November 22, 2019 - 8:45am
    Start: 
    Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 2:15pm
    End: 
    Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 11:15am
    Description

    We are currently experiencing problems with Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive for Business.

    Last updated: 
    Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 12:02pm
    Start: 
    Monday, September 16, 2019 - 8:30am
    End: 
    Monday, September 16, 2019 - 9:15am
    Updates
    Monday, September 16, 2019 - 9:15am

    Service has been restored - please contact the ITS Help Desk if you have any further issues using these services.

    Description

    We are currently experiencing problems with Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive for Business.

    Last updated: 
    Monday, September 16, 2019 - 9:11am
    Start: 
    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 3:00pm
    End: 
    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 6:15pm
    Updates
    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 6:15pm

    Microsoft has verified that these issues have been resolved.  Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you have any further issues with this service.

    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 4:15pm

    These services are now back to operational and ITS support staff will continue to monitor them.

    Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 4:00pm

    SharePoint online sites are currently offline and OneDrive online storage is experiencing problems. Microsoft is investigating these issues.

    Description

    All SharePoint online sites are currently offline. ITS is working with Microsoft on the issue.

    Last updated: 
    Friday, May 3, 2019 - 10:23am
    Start: 
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 10:15am
    End: 
    Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:15pm
    Updates
    Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:15pm

    This issue has been resolved.

    Description

    Users may experience intermittent delays when accessing SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business sites. Microsoft is aware of the issues. 

    Last updated: 
    Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 4:15pm
    Start: 
    Monday, October 22, 2018 - 12:00pm
    End: 
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 8:45am
    Updates
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 8:45am

    This issue has been resolved.

    Description

    Users may experience intermittent delays or navigation errors when accessing SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business sites  

    Microsoft is currently deploying a fix for the issue.

    Last updated: 
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 8:50am
    Start: 
    Friday, June 22, 2018 - 8:45am
    End: 
    Monday, July 9, 2018 - 10:30am
    Description

    UPDATE: This issue is resolved. 

     

    Original Notice: Users may be unable to check-out, delete, restore prior versions, or rename newly created documents on OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online sites when using Chrome v67.x. 

    Microsoft has determined this is an issue specific to Chrome (Windows and Mac) and recommends using another browser until the issue is fixed in Chrome (the issue is not seen in Chrome Beta v68.x).

    Last updated: 
    Monday, July 9, 2018 - 10:53am
    Start: 
    Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 8:00pm
    End: 
    Friday, August 18, 2017 - 12:00am
    Description

    Microsoft will be performing maintenance on SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business to increase datacenter capacity.

     

    During this time, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business content will be Read-Only.

    Last updated: 
    Friday, August 18, 2017 - 12:00am