How to share your University of Cambridge OneDrive for Business files with other people in the University Active Directory (Blue).
Quick start
- In your OneDrive file view, right-click the file you want to share.
- Choose Share from the pop-up menu.
- Enter the name of the person you want to share with.
- Click Share.
Detailed instructions
- Start with your files showing in your browser. In this example we are going to share the right-hand photograph, pharos.jpeg, with the user rjd99@cam.ac.uk:
- Right-click on the file to share to reveal a menu of options. Click the Share menu item at the top of the menu:
- This will open a dialog box for you to set the options.
Note: that the default option is to share read/write; the person you share with can edit or replace the file.
- Start typing the name (CRSid) of the user. Once you have started to type, a drop-down menu will appear showing matching users in the system (and others that you have previously shared with, even if they are not in the system):
- Select the user you want from the menu:
- The default option lets you add a message which will be sent to the sharee. Un-tick the "Send an email invitation" option if you'd prefer to not do this. Click the Share button:
- Control is then return to the previous page, and you will see a confirmation pop-up message appear for a few seconds.
- The receiving user, rjd99, will receive an email carrying your message and a link to the file that has been shared. This email does not come from you and cannot be (usefully) replied to:
- In rjd99's OneDrive he can select the "Shared with me" view and see the file:
