Recently we have heard the news that Microsoft has rebranded its cloud service ‘SkyDrive’ to ‘OneDrive’ because of trademark issues.
So from 19th Feb 2014 , this re-branding has taken effect i.e. now “SkyDrive” is known as ”OneDrive” and “SkyDrive Pro” is known as “OneDrive for Business”.
So from 19th Feb 2014 , this re-branding has taken effect i.e. now “SkyDrive” is known as ”OneDrive” and “SkyDrive Pro” is known as “OneDrive for Business”.
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SkyDrive
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SkyDrive Pro
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Rebranded as
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SkyDrive has become OneDrive. | SkyDrive Pro has become OneDrive for Business. |
Cloud Storage
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It is Consumer/personal cloud storage which stores things like folders, documents, photos etc. It is like DropBox, iCloud and other storage service. | It provides file storage & Synchronization service. It is Employee cloud storage i.e. it is used for business. |
Intended For
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It is intended for personal or consumer users. | It is intended for business users or organization. |
Association with Microsoft account
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SkyDrive is associated with Microsoft account or Outlook.com. | SkyDrive Pro is not associated with Microsoft account. |
Association with Office 365, Sharepoint
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SkyDrive pro has no association with Office 365, SharePoint online, SharePoint Server 2013. | SkyDrive Pro is associated with Office 365 account and SharePoint Server 2013. |
Free Storage
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You get free 7 GB storage with SkyDrive and can buy additional storage if you want. | It gives 25 GB Storage. |
Access
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With SkyDrive, you can only share and access documents. | With SkyDrive Pro, Documents can be stored as well as can be edited, collaborated and can be saved in multiple versions. |
Synchronization
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Synchronization in SkyDrive can be done using ‘SkyDrive’ folder in Windows Explorer. | Synchronization in SkyDrive Pro can be done using ‘SkyDrive Pro Windows Sync client’, SharePoint Online or SharePoint Server 2013. |
Collaboration
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SkyDrive does not have collaboration feature. | As SkyDrive Pro is associated with SharePoint, it provides collaboration. It also supports features like versioning, check-in/out, workflows etc. |
Office 2013
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With installation of Microsoft office 2013, ‘Microsoft SkyDrive client’ get installed. | With installation of Microsoft office 2013, ‘SkyDrive Pro Windows Sync client’ get installed. |
Document Library
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SkyDrive is a kind of document library. | SkyDrive Pro is not a document library but can synchronize ‘SkyDrive Pro Dcoument Library’ using ‘SkyDrive Pro Windows Sync client’. |