SkyDrive
Figure 1 SkyDrives logo
SkyDrive is a free online storage from Microsoft. You can download SkyDriveand when you have done that you can start using it. Or you can create an account on skydrive.com . With SkyDrive you can share files in a very easy way with your friends or workmates. When you want to transfer files to yourself can transfer files that are up to 2 GB from the SkyDrive-app on the computer or you can transfer 300 MB from SkyDrive.com. When you have done all that and if you are using a computer you are able to share and you can choose to share from your Email, with a link or on Facebook, Gmail, and Twitter. You can share your SkyDrive-files to all of your contacts that you have connected to your SkyDrive-account. With SkyDrive you can reach all of your stored files from any computer for example a PC, Mac, telephone that have the functions or anipad. The good thing about this that cannot forget to bring your files on a USB stick since you will always have it on SkyDrive. You can download SkyDrive to your computer and use it there but if you want to use another computer you will have to download it to that one too. When you have installed SkyDrive to your computer the SkyDrive-folder will automatic will appear on your desktop. All the files that you put in that folder will be synchronized to all the other devices that you have installed SkyDrive on. To reach your files on your phone or smart pad you will have to download the SkyDrive app. With SkyDrive you will get 7 GB free space to fill up. If that is too little for you, you can pay a small amount of money per year to get a larger space.
SkyDrive is a free online storage from Microsoft. You can download SkyDriveand when you have done that you can start using it. Or you can create an account on skydrive.com . With SkyDrive you can share files in a very easy way with your friends or workmates. When you want to transfer files to yourself can transfer files that are up to 2 GB from the SkyDrive-app on the computer or you can transfer 300 MB from SkyDrive.com. When you have done all that and if you are using a computer you are able to share and you can choose to share from your Email, with a link or on Facebook, Gmail, and Twitter. You can share your SkyDrive-files to all of your contacts that you have connected to your SkyDrive-account. With SkyDrive you can reach all of your stored files from any computer for example a PC, Mac, telephone that have the functions or anipad. The good thing about this that cannot forget to bring your files on a USB stick since you will always have it on SkyDrive. You can download SkyDrive to your computer and use it there but if you want to use another computer you will have to download it to that one too. When you have installed SkyDrive to your computer the SkyDrive-folder will automatic will appear on your desktop. All the files that you put in that folder will be synchronized to all the other devices that you have installed SkyDrive on. To reach your files on your phone or smart pad you will have to download the SkyDrive app. With SkyDrive you will get 7 GB free space to fill up. If that is too little for you, you can pay a small amount of money per year to get a larger space.
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This is what your SkyDrive account looks like; you can use your Hotmail address to log in to SkyDrive. As you see on the picture there is 7 GB space total. If you want more space you click on the bottom that I have marked.
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A very good thing is that if you want to go into your Hotmail when you are in SkyDrive or if you are on Hotmail and want to go to SkyDrive you can just click on these links to get there. There is also a calendar and if you want to go and chat with your friends you can click on people, if you don’t have any friends there yet you can import their details from Facebook or Twitter.
Security is very important when you have SkyDrive because you really don’t want other people to see your private files. The security that SkyDrive offers is that your files are encrypted with secure Sockets Layer when you upload or download your files. Your files are also protected by advanced physical and electronic security measures on the servers. The files on your computer is protected from hardware failure by having multiple copies of each file are stored on different servers and hard drives. You can increase the security by having a strong password.
A very good thing is that if you want to go into your Hotmail when you are in SkyDrive or if you are on Hotmail and want to go to SkyDrive you can just click on these links to get there. There is also a calendar and if you want to go and chat with your friends you can click on people, if you don’t have any friends there yet you can import their details from Facebook or Twitter.
Security is very important when you have SkyDrive because you really don’t want other people to see your private files. The security that SkyDrive offers is that your files are encrypted with secure Sockets Layer when you upload or download your files. Your files are also protected by advanced physical and electronic security measures on the servers. The files on your computer is protected from hardware failure by having multiple copies of each file are stored on different servers and hard drives. You can increase the security by having a strong password.