One. Drive Wikipedia. One. Drive previously Sky. Drive, Windows Live Sky. Drive, and Windows Live Folders is a file hosting service operated by Microsoft as part of its suite of online services. It allows users to store files as well as other personal data like Windows settings or Bit. Locker recovery keys in the cloud. Ms Office 2007 Powerpoint Portable' title='Ms Office 2007 Powerpoint Portable' />Files can be synced to a PC and accessed from a web browser or a mobile device, as well as shared publicly or with specific people. One. Drive offers 5 GB of storage space free of charge 2 additional storage can be added either separately or through subscriptions to other Microsoft services including Office 3. Groove Music. 3Historyedit. Windows Live Folders logo. At its launch the service, known as Windows Live Folders at the time with a codename of Sky. Drive, was provided as a limited beta available to a few testers in the United States. On August 1, 2. Shortly thereafter, on August 9, 2. Windows Live Sky. Drive and made available to testers in the United Kingdom and India. As of 2. May 2. 00. Sky. Drive was initially available in 3. On December 2, 2. Sky. Drive account was upgraded from 5 GB to 2. GB, and Microsoft added a separate entry point called Windows Live Photos which allowed users to access their photos and videos stored on Sky. Drive. This entry point allowed users to add People tags to their photos, download photos into Windows Photo Gallery or as a ZIP file, as well as viewing Exif metadata such as camera information for the photos uploaded. Microsoft also added the ability to have full screen slide shows for photos using Silverlight. Program Do Wyceny Prac Projektowych. Sky. Drive was updated to Wave 4 release on June 7, 2. Office Web Apps now known as Office Online, with versioning. In this update, due to the discontinuation of Windows Live Toolbar, the ability to synchronise and share bookmarked web links between users via Sky. Drive was also discontinued. However, users were still able to use Windows Live Mesh, which replaced the previous Windows Live Favorites, to synchronize their favorites between computers until its discontinuation in February 2. In June 2. 01. 0, users of Office Live Workspace, released in October 2. Windows Live Office. The migration included all existing workspaces, documents, and sharing permissions. The merger of the two services was a result of Microsofts decision to merge its Office Live team into Windows Live in January 2. Office Live Workspace, which lacked high fidelity document viewing and did not allow files to be edited from within the web browser. Office Live Workspace also did not offer offline collaboration and co authoring functionality instead documents were checked out and checked in, though the service did integrate with Shared. View for real time screen sharing. On June 2. 0, 2. 01. Microsoft overhauled the user interface for Sky. Drive, built using HTML5 technologies. The updated version featured caching, hardware acceleration, HTML5 video, quick views, cleaner arrangement of photos and infinite scrolling. Microsoft also doubled the file size limit from 5. MB to 1. 00 MB per file. With this update, Microsoft consolidated the different entry points for Sky. Drive, such as Windows Live Photos and Windows Live Office, into one single interface. Files and folders shared with a user, including those in Windows Live Groups, were also accessible in the new interface. On November 2. 9, 2. Microsoft updated Sky. Drive to make sharing and file management easier, as well as HTML5 and other updates. This update also allowed users to see how much storage they had and how much they had used, a feature that had been removed in the previous update as part of the redesign. On December 3, 2. Microsoft released Sky. Drive apps for i. OS and Windows Phone, which are available in the App Store and Windows Phone Store respectively. On April 2. 2, 2. Microsoft released a Sky. Drive desktop app for Windows Vista, 7 and 8, as well as mac. OS, allowing users to synchronize files on Sky. Drive, much like Windows Live Mesh, and to fetch files on their computer via the web browser. In addition, Sky. Drive also provided additional storage available for purchase and reduced the free storage space for new users to 7 GB from 2. GB. Existing users were offered a free upgrade offer to retain their 2. GB of free storage. The updated Sky. Drive also allowed files up to 2 GB in size uploaded via the Sky. Drive desktop app. The update also brought additional features such as Open Document Format ODF capability, URL shortening services and direct sharing of files to Twitter. On August 1. 4, 2. Microsoft announced a new update for Sky. Drive which brought changes and improvements to Sky. Drive. com, Sky. Drive for Windows desktop and OS X, and the Sky. Drive API as part of Live Connect. For Sky. Drive. com, the updates brought a new modern design for the web service consistent with Outlook. UI update the service also received improvements such as instant search, contextual toolbar, multi select in thumbnail view, drag and drop files into folders, and sorting improvements. For the Sky. Drive for Windows desktop and mac. OS applications, the update brought new performance improvements to photo uploads and the sync experience. The update also improved the Sky. Drive API with the removal of file type restrictions, ability to upload images in their full resolution, as well as a new Sky. Drive file picker for opening and saving files. On August 2. 8, 2. Microsoft released a Sky. Drive app for Android on Google Play store. On September 1. 8, 2. Microsoft also introduced a recycle bin feature on Sky. Drive and announced that Sky. Drive will allow users to create online surveys via Excel Web App. BSky. B lawsuit and One. Drive renamingeditMicrosoft became involved in a lawsuit with British television broadcaster BSky. B for using the word Sky, resulting in a High Court ruling in June 2. BSky. Bs trademark. On July 3. 1, 2. 01. BSky. B and Microsoft, it was announced that a settlement had been reached and as a result the Sky. Drive name would be dropped. BSky. B allowed Microsoft to continue using the brand for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand. Sky. Drive was renamed One. Drive on most platforms on February 1. January 2. 7. 2. 12. On June 1. 8, 2. 01. Microsoft launched an improved design of One. Drive for the web. In 2. 01. 5 Microsoft removed the unlimited storage plan for Office 3. Home, Personal and University packages, reduced the free One. Drive storage from 1. GB to 5 GB, and replaced paid subscriptions to 1. GB and 2. 00 GB plans to a 1. GB plan. These changes caused major controversy with users, some of whom petitioned Microsoft to reverse the plans. By November 2. 1, 2. Microsofts November 2 announcement, over 7. One. Drive uservoice to voice their concerns. According to Microsoft these changes were a response to people abusing the service by using One. Drive to store PC backups, movie collections, and DVR recordings. StorageeditAs of 2. GB of free storage for new users. Additional storage is available for purchase. The amount of storage available has changed several times. Initially, the service provided 7 GB of storage and, for one year, an additional 3 GB of free storage to students. Users who signed up to One. Drive prior to April 2. GB of free storage upgrade. The service is built using HTML5 technologies,1. MB can be uploaded via drag and drop into the web browser,3. GB via the One. Drive desktop application for Microsoft Windows and OS X. From September 2. GB of free storage or 2. GB for users eligible for the free upgrade, power users who required more storage could choose from one of four premium storage plans. Users in some regions may need to have a certain payment card or Pay. Pal account to pay. The paid storage plan is renewed automatically each year unless Microsoft or the user cancels the service. Upon the re launch as One.