That's good news in terms of the product's present capabilities along with its capacity for future updates, since improvements to Microsoft's consumer storage product can filter out to business users. It's supposed to be faster and more reliable, in addition to including new features like the ability to selectively sync only certain files and folders from Microsoft's cloud onto a local device.
With the release of this sync client, OneDrive for Business is now using the same syncing code that powers the consumer version of OneDrive. The latter is a major shift for OneDrive for Business, which previously only offered a sync client on Windows. It's also compatible with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, along with Mac OS versions 10.9 and later.
OneDrive for Business entered the next stage of its evolution on Wednesday when Microsoft launched a series of updates that are aimed at improving its cloud storage and productivity service for businesses and other large organizations.įirst and most importantly, the company launched its next-generation OneDrive for Business sync client Wednesday, which should bring increased speed and reliability to the experience of using Microsoft's enterprise cloud storage on a computer.
