Introduction
This article compares the Virginia Tech storage options available in Microsoft’s OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint Online.
Explanation
This table summarizes some of the key differences/similarities between the products.
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Collaborative |
Google equivalent |
Space available |
Access |
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OneDrive |
Not conceptually, but you can share items |
My Drive |
5 TB |
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SharePoint Online |
Collaborative storage |
Shared drives |
1 TB |
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Teams |
Collaborative productivity |
None |
1 TB |
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OneDrive
OneDrive is considered your non-collaborative Virginia Tech storage space. It is intended for use as a place to store your files that you are not going to share with others (though you can share with others) and is the equivalent to Google My Drive. You have 5 TB of space within your OneDrive and can download the OneDrive app to have it sync your local files to the cloud. You can access the data stored in OneDrive from the OneDrive app, browser, Teams, and Slack.
SharePoint Online
SharePoint Online is considered your collaborative Virginia Tech storage space. It is intended for use as a place to store your files that you are going to share with others and is the equivalent to Google shared drives. Each SharePoint Online site has 1 TB available, but you can request more at Additional Storage for Teams or SharePoint (vt.edu). You can access SharePoint Online via a browser or mobile device.
Teams
Teams is considered a place for collaborative productivity. It is intended for use as a place to work on files together. The storage within Teams is just a SharePoint Online site. Therefore, any files located within a team can also be accessed via the same-named SharePoint Online site. The SharePoint Online site associated with a team has the same properties as a standalone SharePoint Online site described above.