Microsoft's new CEO Nadella said that Microsoft will become "mobile first, cloud first", which means that Microsoft's various cloud services will be improved and strengthened. According to the latest news, after using the new brand OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service will greatly improve free storage space and add a number of new features.
Microsoft's cloud storage currently uses the SkyDrive brand. However, Microsoft is forced to give up the brand due to its failure in trademark disputes with BBC. The new name will be One Drive. At present, Microsoft officially announced that OneDrive is coming soon.
Now, Microsoft cloud storage is not just as easy as replacing a brand. According to LiveSide, a technology news website, Microsoft plans to significantly increase the quota of free storage space. In addition, it will launch more functions to adapt to competitors such as Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive.
At present, Microsoft provides 7 GB free space. Related information shows that Microsoft will increase the free space by 8 GB, totaling 15 GB.
But the extra 8 GB space will not be "white ". Microsoft will launch a friend recommendation incentive program. If a friend is recommended to use Microsoft cloud storage, the system will receive MB of space, and the recommendation ceiling is 10.
In addition, Microsoft will encourage users to use the iOS and Android OneDrive clients to upload or back up photos and videos taken by mobile phones. These users will get 3 GB free space again.
It is said that the above reward space will be valid for life, which means that as long as it is recommended for friends or upload mobile phone photos, 15 GB of permanent free space will be obtained.
In addition, Microsoft will follow the example of Dropbox and launch the shared folder function of cloud storage. Multiple users can share and edit a folder. In addition, you can add more common owners to the folder owner.
Cloud storage has become a powerful tool for Microsoft to promote other services. At the end of last year, Microsoft announced that it would offer a free 20 GB space and a total of 27 GB space in addition to the original 7 GB space in the next year. However, these spaces are not permanently valid.
