Among the different cloud storage services that we have at our disposal today, Microsoft’s OneDrive is one of the most common options. Since its launch, it has grown exponentially, forming an important part of our Windows-based team.
Thanks to the functions and tools that have been arriving little by little, this is an online platform that currently goes far beyond simple storage. The software giant wants OneDrive to be our first alternative when exchanging files or carrying out collaborative tasks.
And this is just the beginning, since the firm continues working on this own service, as is the case with many others. Hence precisely why just a few hours ago Microsoft presented us with the new generation of OneDrive with the new features that will arrive over the next few months. We are precisely going to talk to you about them so that you can get an idea of ​​the potential that this cloud storage service will offer us shortly.
Effortless file management improvements
The new OneDrive will make it easier to work with your own and shared files. Improvements will be made to content searches in order to have faster access to them. One of the changes introduced here is the redesign of the web version of the storage platform to download everything we need more quickly. It is also worth knowing that the OneDrive home page offers us recommendations based on AI that tries to give us what we need at that moment.
We will also find several views in the storage service itself, such as those focused on the latest meetings, or on files shared with others. We also have the opportunity to assign colors to the folders to organize and view them much better. At the same time, it is worth highlighting that we have the possibility of keeping track of our favorites and creating shortcuts to the desired content.
What Copilot’s AI will bring to the platform
Surely many of you already know that Microsoft’s AI, Copilot, is going to revolutionize the use of Windows and its services and applications. This is something that will directly affect how we are going to interact with OneDrive. For example, we will have the opportunity to ask the AI ​​questions related to a file and obtain a summary of the content, for example.
It will also serve to connect the contents and locate what we really need to download from our space much more quickly. So Copilot will help us find what we need and maintain better organization. All of this through the questions we ask the Artificial Intelligence and the filters we establish. In addition, the AI ​​will generate summaries of the content that we will later share from here.
Other features coming soon
But that’s not all, since in parallel Microsoft itself is working on other interesting functions that over time I will integrate into OneDrive. Below, we are going to list some of the most notable ones so that you can get an idea of ​​what awaits us in this cloud storage platform.
- Open any file in the application, regardless of its format.
- We will have the possibility to interact in a better way with our files saved in OneDrive from the Teams application.
- The OneDrive app will be added to the new Outlook for Windows and its web version.
- We will have access to the files offline and with synchronization in OneDrive.
- We will be able to create new files directly without leaving the storage platform.
- The new security features will protect our accounts and content more effectively.
