OneDrive on desktop will not work on Windows 7 PCs

Despite the fact that the arrival of Windows 11 focuses attention on Microsoft's current affairs, there are many users who are still using previous versions of the operating system. Many on Windows 10 and less, but they are still using computers with Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.X, versions that in a few months they will lose compatibility with OneDrive

Computers running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.X will lose support for Microsoft cloud storage. It will be starting March 1 of next year when this service stops syncing with the cloud on those operating systems.

OneDrive only from the web version

It was Ankita Kirti, director of product marketing at Microsoft, who made the news public through one of the company's forums. Computers running Windows 7, Windows 8, and 8.X will stop syncing with the OneDrive cloud starting March 2022 if you're using the desktop version.

This is the end date, March 1, 2022, but the change will start earlier. As of January 1, 2022, these operating systems will no longer have updates for the desktop versions of OneDrive.

This is not to say that computers running any of these versions of Windows cannot use cloud storage. OneDrive will continue to be accessible only that it will now be necessary to use the web version, since the desktop app will no longer work.This way you can continue uploading and managing all your OneDrive files.

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Microsoft&39;s argument behind this change is that the company wants to focus its resources on new technologies and operating systems, in addition to offering users the most secure and up-to-date experience possible."

What is certain is that Windows 11 as well as the new version of Office or solutions like Office 365 focus more attention on the companyand they want to focus their resources on them, as well as on more current tools.

Microsoft advises, now and always, to have the most current version of Windows, not only for compatibility, but also for security, and take advantage of this occasion to urge those who still use any of these versions of Windows to update the operating system on their computers.

As a nuance, Microsoft has announced that in the case of OneDrive for business users, the cessation of support for the version OneDrive desktop will match the end of support of the operating system in question.

Via | Microsoft