If you accidentally in OneDrive, you may be able to recover it later from the OneDrive recycle bin.

Files are removed form the recycle bin after 93 days and become unrecoverable.

While a OneDrive user can’t directly create an “Office 365 group”, a Teams site owner can:

1. Sign up for the Teams pilot:
2. When your Teams site is created, a corresponding Office 365 group is created.
3. As the Teams site owner, you can add/remove staff/faculty/students as you choose.

Your Teams site members,

1. …will have multiple file repositories (one for each channel you choose to create within your TeamSite);
2. …can see these Teams site file repositories, along with any shared OneDrive folders, here:
   → click on the waffle iron icon → look in the lefthand navigation column (widen browser window if not visible)
3. …or can bookmark this link to see them:
   Ìý→Ìýlook in the lefthand navigation column (widen browser window if not visible)

Your Teams site members will also have the ability, under the Teams site’s Conversations tab, to email the entire team or just individual members whenever there are file additions or changes, by prefacing their conversation entries with @teamsitename or @membername1, @membername2.

Currently OneDrive shared folders require a MyOneÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ (MC1) account.

Faculty can have their departmental administrator request an affiliate MC1 account for academics at other institutions, to facilitate access to shared OneDrive folders. Contact ITS Service Desk

Mac version of OneDrive

The OneDrive appÌýis available:

• from the Mac App Store:Ìý; or
• . More:Ìý

After downloading the app, login using your MC1 username@cunet.carleton.caÌý(staff/faculty) or username@cmail.carleton.caÌý(student)

Your OneDrive files will be sync’d to the local folder “OneDrive – ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University“, located in your home directory.

Related: Video: Using the OneDrive app

Via web browser:

• The browser (PC, Mac) supports upload a entireÌýfolderÌý(as opposed to files) to your OneDrive accountÌýatÌýÌý(faculty/staff) orÌýÌý(students/faculty/staff).

Via OneDrive app:

• If you install and configure the OneDrive app on your computer, you can just drag folders into the OneDrive local folder on your computer, to synchronize these files with your OneDrive for Business cloud storage.
• Details:
  • Video – Using the OneDrive App
  • Related:Ìý3 ways to access OneDrive

You must first enableÌýOneDrive for BusinessÌýbefore using:

• Staff/faculty
  • Accepting this offer from Microsoft for a downloadable desktop MS Office suite,ÌýalsoÌýenables your OneDrive license: Ìýcarleton.ca/its/ms-offer-faculty
  • Note: you need not actuallyÌýdownload the MS desktop Office suite to enable your OneDrive license—your ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´Ìýworkstation already has MS Office installed asÌýpart of the standard staff/faculty PC image.
    
• Students
  • Accepting this offer from Microsoft for a downloadable desktop MS Office suite, also enables your OneDrive license:Ìýcarleton.ca/its/ms-offer-students

Related: ÌýSummary: 3 ways to access OneDrive for Business

Using the OneDrive App:

• Are you using the ITS Windows 10/11 image? The OneDrive app included with it has been specially chosen to work with both OneDrive.
• Login usingÌýyour full ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ email address: accountname@cunet.carleton.ca Ìý(staff/faculty) or username@cmail.carleton.ca (student). There is no “.” in your account name.

Related: ÌýSummary: 3 ways to access OneDrive

• OneDrive for Business isÌýseparateÌýfrom any personal OneDrive account you may have, simplifying the separation ofÌýyour ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ andÌýyour personal files.
• OneDrive for Business comes with its own storage, not impacting any personal OneDrive storage you may have.
• OneDrive for Business uses your existing ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ MC1 password — no need for yet another password.