Microsoft to improve OneDrive’s web UI and sharing options

Microsoft’s Ignite 2017 event is in full swing and at the conference the company is introducing some important changes to its OneDrive cloud storage service. One of the new things is a cleaner user interface. You can now see what content you share with others through a new people card and information pane, and the folder interface gets a new look, too. If you open a file on the web version of the service, it’ll now open in edit mode instead of read mode.

Aside from the cosmetic change, Microsoft is also improving the sharing options for Office, Windows, and Mac. Office 2016 is getting a new sharing pane in the near future that will let OneDrive users share documents to specific people or those part of an organization. Mobile clients will also get these updates so sharing on-the-go is possible. You also get notifications within the mobile app and desktop apps when files have been shared. And for file support, ZIP files can now be seen in the web view, and DRM or IRM files get full support on the service. A self-service recovery feature will also be activated when things like mass deletes, file corruption, ransomware, and other data loss scenarios happen. There are tons of other new features, which you can see at this link.