When you view the list of your online files in a web browser, simply click on a file to view it in the Office Online app then, to edit it, choose "Edit in Online" from the "Edit Document" dropdown menu. You can edit the files in your BU OneDrive or anywhere else in Office 365/SharePoint Online (but not on your desktop) using web-based versions of Microsoft Office applications, collectively known as Office Online.
Sharing content internally and externally with OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online - Everything you ever wanted to know about sharing, presented at the Microsoft SharePoint 2014 Conference by two of the people who designed the new SharePoint Sharing capabilities.You might also find this Microsoft article useful: Should I save my documents to my OneDrive for Business or a team site?
The first time you log in, Office 365 will begin to provision your Personal Site. Once you are licensed for Office 365/SharePoint Online, you can access your BU OneDrive using the login instructions for SharePoint Online.
Learn more about OneDrive for Business on the following pages, which include brief videos and answers to common questions: OneDrive for Business - Online File Sharing and What is OneDrive for Business? You can also view a series of brief video tutorials. You can also share files and folders with people both inside and outside Boston University. You can synchronize files you store in the cloud to multiple personal computers and access them from a wide variety of mobile devices. It is part of your SharePoint Personal Site, located in BU's tenant in Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365. Your BU OneDrive is an implementation of Microsoft's OneDrive for Business. a SharePoint team site) - see our pages on SharePoint and Notes for SharePoint Site Collection Administrators for more information. For group or departmental sharing you should instead apply for a SharePoint site collection (a.k.a. Only your personal account is eligible for a BU OneDrive - shared accounts are not eligible. Access to Office Online - Web-based versions of all the applications in the Microsoft Office suite.A personal BU OneDrive - One Terabyte of space where you can store your "personal work files" and selectively share them with others.As part of your access to Office 365/SharePoint Online, faculty and staff also receive