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Setting up your OneDrive Desktop App

With Office 365 all users get access to Office 365 cloud storage called OneDrive. We offer all faculty, staff and students up to 1TB of cloud storage. Below are instructions on how to setup the OneDrive desktop client on your office machine. Depending on your machine you may have one of two clients. OneDrive and OneDrive for Business. Both sync to the same library, but they get setup slightly differently.

Windows Computers

Windows 7, One Drive for Business Client:

  1. 1. Search and Launch OneDrive for Business from your Start Menu
  3. 2. You will be asked to past your sharepoint library into the displayed field. Your SharePoint library URL will looks similar to the following. https://livevsc-my.sharepoint.com/personal/abc12340_vsc_edu (just replace abc12340 with your username)
  5. 3. Enter your Sharepoint library URL into the field displayed when you opened the OneDrive for Business app.
  7. 4. You will then be prompted for your email address, enter username@nvu.vsc.edu(e.g. abc12340@nvu.vsc.edu). You will then be redirected to the VSC Portal, there you will login as you normally would to the VSC Portal.
  9. 5. Thats it! Your OneDrive cloud storage is now attached to your computer!

Windows 10, OneDrive Sync Client:

Windows 10 has OneDrive built right in and is much easier to setup than the older OneDrive for Business Client. To sync your OneDrive files to this client please follow the instructions below:

  1. 1. Search for OneDrive from the start menu, alternativly you can find the client in your taskbar next to the clock.
  3. 2. Open OneDrive and you will be prompted for your email address,
  4. enter username@nvu.vsc.edu(e.g. abc12340@nvu.vsc.edu). You will then be redirected to the VSC Portal, there you will login as you normally would to the VSC Portal.
  6. 3. Thats it! Your OneDrive cloud storage is attached to your computer!

MacOS

MacOS has a OneDrive client that is installed on your work computer. You can find the OneDrive client in your applications folder. To setup your OneDrive client please follow the instructions below.

  1. 1. Search for OneDrive in the applications folder.
  4. 2. Open OneDrive and you will be prompted for your email address,
  5. enter username@nvu.vsc.edu(e.g. abc12340@nvu.vsc.edu). You will then be redirected to the VSC Portal, there you will login as you normally would to the VSC Portal.
  8. 3. Thats it! Your OneDrive cloud storage is attached to your computer!