OneDrive adoption

Microsoft OneDrive in Microsoft 365 is an introduction to the cloud storage. The tool brings files, content and people all together in one location.

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OneDrive adoption playbook

The Success Factors outlined in this deck will help make sure you’re set up for a successful roll-out, no matter what your business challenges.

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OneDrive adoption campaign
project plan template

Sample template to help you plan and implement the OneDrive adoption program.

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Steps on your adoption journey

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Microsoft OneDrive lets you store and protect your files, share them with others, and access them from anywhere on all your devices.

Engage your org

Learn how to create connection and engagement between leaders and employees to drive adoption.

Train your org

Host do-it-yourself trainings and bring everyone up to speed. Learn how to train live or on-demand from almost anywhere on virtually any device.

Connect with communities

Build or join a community to learn from peers and experts who can help streamline your adoption journey.

Secure your environment

IT admin can enhance security and prevent over-sharing of files by setting governance policies, viewing reports, and applying sensitivity labels.

Adoption Success Factors

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Stakeholders

Recruit executive sponsors
Empower champions

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Scenarios

Prioritize your scenarios
Measure success

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Awareness

Implement comms campaign
Execute launch events

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Training

Train end users
Ready help desk

Stakeholders

Recruit key executive sponsors as their influence on culture is critical to driving employees’ adoption of new technology. Champions will evangelize and help build awareness, understanding and engagement throughout the community.

Executive communication planning

Plan communication to all staff from the executive sponsor.

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Champion program plan template

Create a plan to roll out an organization wide champion program to scale adoption.

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Scenarios

Identifying and defining your Business Scenarios helps achieve a smooth adoption by using OneDrive to address business challenges or achieve defined goals.

Usage scenarios for OneDrive

Guidance on how different roles and departments utiliize OneDrive.

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Productivity library

Library of user cases, pivoted around all-up Microsoft 365 functionality, to help you start the conversation with users about how they can use Microsoft 365 in their day-to-day work life.

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Measuring success guide

Guidance on driving ongoing adoption, managing change, measuring, and sharing success.

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Sample user satisfaction surveys

Templates to gather feedback from your Microsoft 365 users to help track progress and measure success in the areas of user satisfaction and productivity.

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Awareness

Internal promotional communications and engagement events that focus on creating excitement and awareness for end users are critical to drive sustained usage.

Communication plan template

Sample template to help you set up the OneDrive communication plan.

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Campaign to raise awareness regarding the value OneDrive will provide.

OneDrive countdown template

Template informing of the countdown to your OneDrive roll-out.

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OneDrive editable poster template

Poster used to help raise awareness of your OneDrive rollout.

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OneDrive flyer template

Flyer used to help raise awareness of your OneDrive rollout.

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OneDrive high-res poster

Hi-resolution image to be used when rolling out OneDrive in your organization.

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Events to kick-off OneDrive launch and support adoption post-launch.

Launch and buzz event planning

Best practices and key steps to help you plan OneDrive launch days and buzz events in your organization.

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Snackable videos

Short videos to play during the launch events to create excitement and awareness.

Access and discover all your files from anywhere and any device

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Be more productive on the go with OneDrive

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Share and collaborate internally and externally with OneDrive

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Communication and guide(s) to help end users get set up quickly and easily.

Quick start guide (PDF)

Guidance on getting your users up and running quickly.

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OneDrive announcement template

Template informing of your OneDrive roll-out.

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Email templates allowing you to follow-up with your users, post roll-out and launch around specific use case scenarios.

Tips to access & find files

Tips and tricks to access and discover all your files from anywhere and any device.

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Tips to share & collaborate

Tips and tricks to share and collaborate internally and externally with OneDrive.

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Sample tips calendar

Sample weekly tips topics calendar for eight weeks.

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Scenario-focused communication that showcases the user experience across different organizational functions.

OneDrive marketing role-based templates

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OneDrive sales role-based templates

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Training

Conduct end user training to enable your organization to realize the full value of OneDrive.

Training plan template

Sample template to help you set up the OneDrive training plan.

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Training and guidance on how to use OneDrive for Business with Microsoft 365.

Collaborate with Microsoft 365

Guidance on modern ways of collaborating with Microsoft 365 as an individual and as a team.

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End user/champions training guide

Deck that will help admins to deliver an end user workshop on OneDrive.

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OneDrive high-res poster

Hi-resolution image to be used when rolling out OneDrive in your organization.

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Videos that can help end users understand different OneDrive features and functionalities.

Quick start guide - video training

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Intro to OneDrive

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Manage your files

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Share and sync your files

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Anywhere access and file sharing with OneDrive

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Work together seamlessly with OneDrive

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Manage my documents in OneDrive

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This section provides guidance on migrating files and content from an outside storage provider to OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. Collaborate all in one place when you migrate your content to Microsoft 365.

Migrate from Dropbox to OneDrive and SharePoint

Migrate your Dropbox documents, data, and users to OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams in Microsoft 365.

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Migrate from Google Workspace to OneDrive and SharePoint

Migrate your Google documents, data, and users to OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams in Microsoft 365.

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Migrate from Box to OneDrive and SharePoint

Migrate your Google documents, data, and users to OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams in Microsoft 365.

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