Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft 365

CHAPTER 4

Working with Microsoft 365 Files Online

Microsoft 365 and the Cloud

Today, people are on the go but often want to take work with them to do while sitting in the waiting room of their doctor’s office, at the airport, or in a hotel room. Using Microsoft 365, you can work from anywhere using almost any device available because, among other reasons, it works with SharePoint and OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud space. From OneDrive, you can log in to cloud space and, using Microsoft 365 web apps — essentially, tools with which you are already familiar — get to work.

Sign In to the Cloud

Signing in to Office Online or to your Microsoft 365 subscription connects your Microsoft 365 apps to the world beyond your computer. Office Online offers free access to the online, limited-edition versions of the Microsoft 365 apps that you can use on any computer. Purchasing a Microsoft 365 subscription gives you access to full versions of the Microsoft 365 desktop programs and the online versions of the products. Signing in gives you access to online pictures and clip art stored at Office.com and enables Microsoft 365 to synchronize files between your computer, OneDrive, and SharePoint.

OneDrive and Microsoft 365

OneDrive is a cloud storage service from Microsoft that you can use with Microsoft ...