OneDrive Getting Business-Focused Upgrades This Year, Consumers Waiting for 2024

OneDrive adding improved sharing and organization features for business users, but consumers being left behind. Media search and AI coming next year.
New people view to search files. Recommended files in carousel view. More views to organize files. Available now for business users.
December updates further integrate OneDrive with Office apps like Word and Teams.
Early 2024 brings offline access and editing to OneDrive web app. Also able to create new files from OneDrive.
Mid-2024 brings new Media View with photos, natural language search, and facial recognition. Future is Copilot integration.

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Posted 10/3/2023, 6:37:00 PM