OneDrive Storage increases to 1TB today!
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@garak0410 said:
I know OneDrive isn't an online backup
What are the differences between OneDrive and an official online backup?
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Is there anything to stop a home user signing up for an O365 Business Plan? Do you need to be a registered business or anything? Because otherwise, 50 quid a year for a 1TB storage plus business class e-mail seems like a bargain? If I want more storage for my Hotmail account it's around six times more expensive!
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@garak0410 said:
I know OneDrive isn't an online backup
What are the differences between OneDrive and an official online backup?
Really only the backup automation portion. If you scripted something to backup into OneDrive it is a legitimate backup target. The thing is that a "backup" utility needs a utility. OneDrive is just storage. But add some software to do the backing up to it and it is a valid part of a backup strategy.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Is there anything to stop a home user signing up for an O365 Business Plan?
No, I know of no product that has a restriction like that. No software, hardware, real estate, etc. It's a common belief that all kinds of things require one to be a business but the reality is is that such restrictions have no reason to exist and so don't. Some product somewhere is like that, but I can't think of any.
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awesome.. this solved one problem for a customer!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
@garak0410 said:
I know OneDrive isn't an online backup
What are the differences between OneDrive and an official online backup?
Really only the backup automation portion. If you scripted something to backup into OneDrive it is a legitimate backup target. The thing is that a "backup" utility needs a utility. OneDrive is just storage. But add some software to do the backing up to it and it is a valid part of a backup strategy.
I can always change my libraries to be the OneDrive location...just wonder if I would ever lose data due to some weird syncing issues...
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@scottalanmiller said:
No, I know of no product that has a restriction like that. No software, hardware, real estate, etc. It's a common belief that all kinds of things require one to be a business but the reality is is that such restrictions have no reason to exist and so don't. Some product somewhere is like that, but I can't think of any.
I've had problems the other way round, where I've tried to buy a consumer product with a business credit card and it's been declined because the credit card is registered to a business address.
1TB of data for $30, add e-mail and a bunch of other stuff for an extra $20. Is there anything else in the market that offers anything similar?
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@garak0410 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
@garak0410 said:
I know OneDrive isn't an online backup
What are the differences between OneDrive and an official online backup?
Really only the backup automation portion. If you scripted something to backup into OneDrive it is a legitimate backup target. The thing is that a "backup" utility needs a utility. OneDrive is just storage. But add some software to do the backing up to it and it is a valid part of a backup strategy.
I can always change my libraries to be the OneDrive location...just wonder if I would ever lose data due to some weird syncing issues...
What kind of libraries? Do you mean your DLLs?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
@garak0410 said:
I know OneDrive isn't an online backup
What are the differences between OneDrive and an official online backup?
Really only the backup automation portion. If you scripted something to backup into OneDrive it is a legitimate backup target. The thing is that a "backup" utility needs a utility. OneDrive is just storage. But add some software to do the backing up to it and it is a valid part of a backup strategy.
I can always change my libraries to be the OneDrive location...just wonder if I would ever lose data due to some weird syncing issues...
What kind of libraries? Do you mean your DLLs?
Documents, Pictures, Videos...
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@scottalanmiller said:
No, I know of no product that has a restriction like that. No software, hardware, real estate, etc. It's a common belief that all kinds of things require one to be a business but the reality is is that such restrictions have no reason to exist and so don't. Some product somewhere is like that, but I can't think of any.
I've had problems the other way round, where I've tried to buy a consumer product with a business credit card and it's been declined because the credit card is registered to a business address.
1TB of data for $30, add e-mail and a bunch of other stuff for an extra $20. Is there anything else in the market that offers anything similar?
Yes. Often consumers get special pricing not available to a business. But any person can simply declare themselves a business if they want.
