OneDrive
Microsoft One Drive is cloud-based storage for all your documents. The drive is on the Internet, so files and documents you work on in Microsoft 365 will automatically be saved here.
OneDrive is your private storage folder and ideal for storing private documents, or documents you don't intend to collaborate with other people on.
Each user has 1TB of storage capacity for data, but please ensure good housekeeping wherever possible by removing any temporary files or documents that are no longer required.
You can optionally choose to sync your One Drive with your computer (PC only).
OneDrive can be accessed from the sidebar on the Office.com dashboard.
SharePoint
SharePoint allows you to create shared file locations for documents you expect to work on or review with other people in the your team. In addition, SharePoint can be used to create your own internal 'sites' similar to an Intranet, or internal wiki. This can be useful to allow quick and easy access to see who's worked on what, access file templates or common downloads, and collaborate on documents together.
We recommend documents should be saved in a shared file location in SharePoint. This ensures a central file repository of documents and avoids files being spread across multiple devices by different individuals.
The default Sharepoint location can be found at https://<accountname>.sharepoint.com where you'll find an overview of how you can use Sharepoint to work collaboratively and share information.
Sharepoint does not create a public site - all users will need to be logged in to access the content published to it, but it is possible to limit user access to individual Sharepoint sites.
SharePoint can be accessed from the sidebar on the Office.com dashboard.
A word of warning, setting up a Sharepoint site can take some time and get technical. If you would like some guidance on whether a Sharepoint site will be useful for how you work, please feel free to ask us and we can recommend an approach, or help you set up the basic templates.