OneDrive receives various improvements and features aimed at facilitating collaborative work

Microsoft continues to work on improving OneDrive. The objective is to continue competing with the rest of the alternatives that we can find in the market such as Google Drive, Apple iCloud or traditional applications such as Dropbox and Box.

In this sense, on the OneDrive page they have detailed what are the novelties that arrived on the platform throughout the month of August 2019 . Improvements that seek to optimize the collaborative experience of OneDrive.

Comments in files external to Office

An accessible way to collaborate with other users is to add comments to documents and files. Following the possibility of use in Office files stored on OneDrive and SharePoint, this functionality now extends to all files.

Comments can be used both in Office documents but also in photographs, CAD drawings, PDFs and more types of files Users they will now be able to add comments to files as part of their review process, leaving notes and receiving notifications to keep them informed.

Popular Files

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In the Shared with me view on the web, now recommended files will be displayed based on reports de trabajo The goal is to make it easier for users to find relevant information and trending content.The Popular Around Me> view."

Link to individual PowerPoint slides

Users can now create a direct link to a specific slide in the PowerPoint web app and can share it with their contacts. All sharing controls apply to the created connection.

Improvement in virtual desktops

OneDrive sync client now supports Windows Server 2019 and Files On-Demand This allows users running OneDrive on virtual desktop environments to harness the power of on-demand files to save disk space and experience faster initial synchronization.