SkyDrive

www.skydrive.com

Windows Live SkyDrive, initially called Windows Live Folders, is a free-of-chargefile hosting service that allows users to upload files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser. It is part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of online services, and uses Windows Live ID to control access to files, allowing users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly-shared files do not require a Windows Live ID to access.
The service offers 25 GB of free personal storage, with individual files limited to 100 MB.The service is built using HTML5 technologies, and files can be uploaded via drag and drop.

What is Windows Live SkyDrive?

Store, organize, and download your files, photos, and favorites onWindows Live servers, and access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Share photos and files that you create with your friends, collaborate on documents, or display photos and files that you create for anyone on the Windows Live network. When you sign in to the Windows Live SkyDrive website with your Windows Live ID, you get:

• Storage. Store thousands of photos and files. The SkyDrivestorage meter shows how much storage space you've used.
• Organization. Arrange your files in top-level folders and subfolders that you create.
• Control. Choose permissions for each top-level folder that you create. Keep your photos, files, and favorites in personal folders so you can keep them private; in shared folders so you can share them with your Windows Live network, your extended network, and people on your contact list; or in public folders so that they can be viewed by anyone on the Internet.
• Convenience. Keep track of your favorite websites even when you aren't using your own computer.
• Flexibility. Move, copy, delete, rename, and caption your photos and files after you upload them.
• Display. Photos saved as the JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIF, and TIFF file types display with thumbnail images, and can be viewed by other users on SkyDrive or in an online slide show, if they have the right permissions to view them.
• Sharing. Share links directly to your folders, files, and photos, or embed your photos and files in your blog or webpage. You can also let people know you've added their picture to SkyDrive by adding people tags.
  

  
  
  

  SkyDrive is your password-protected hard drive in the cloud. That means you can use it to store thousands and thousands of files. Then you can get to them anytime you’re online.

  You probably already have ways to move files around. But the traditional ways involve USB thumb drives that can get lost and file versions that are out of date. And you have to remember to copy the files you need. If you put your files on SkyDrive, you don’t need a good memory or good luck. Your files are always right there.

  And if you want to share your files, you can—whether that’s emailing a photo album or collaborating with a group on Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and other Office files. Click the other tabs to see how easy it is.