As part of the Microsoft EES benefits, eligible users can use OneDrive for Business, which is an online storage service offered by Microsoft.

Eligible users: students, faculty and staff holding an @u or @un email address.
Note that those who left the university after concluding employment or after graduation cannot use the license.

Overview of OneDrive for Business
Preparation
How to Use
[Reference] The origin of OneDrive for Business and the difference from OneDrive

Overview of OneDrive for Business

OneDrive for Business is one of the online storage services (services that provide space for storing data and files on the Internet) provided by Microsoft. Users can place up to 1 TB of data and files in their own space (library) on the Internet. It is useful for exchanging files between home and university devices, and for backing up files. It may also be used to share files with others. For detailed functions please refer to the following web page.

Reference: OneDrive for Business Help

Preparation

Registration with Microsoft (signing up)

• Faculty members, students and others who are assigned @u.tsukuba.ac.jp
  First-time users do not need to sign up but do need to set a password.
  M365 password setting site (accessible only from within the university)
  * If you have already set your password with reference to “E-mails of Zengaku Computer System“, this step is not necessary.
• Staff members other than those listed above (who have been granted an @un.tsukuba.ac.jp email address) Sign-up is required.
  Please follow the EES benefits sign-up procedure.

How to Use

Using with Web Brouser

To access your OneDrive for Business library on the Internet, sign in at:

• Office 365 (after sign in, select “OneDrive” on the menu), or
• OneDrive site

In either case, sign in with your @u or @un address and the password which you set in the registration with Microsoft described above (note that the password is different from the password used for the unified authentication).

Using with OneDrive App

With the OneDrive app, it is possible to synchronize a local folder on your device to the OneDrive for Business library on the Internet. You can get the app from the OneDrive site. In Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 the OneDrive app is already installed from the beginning.

When you launch the OneDrive app, first you will be requested to sign in. Sign in with your @u or @un address and the password which you set in the registration with Microsoft described above (note that the password is different from the password used for the unified authentication).

[Reference] The origin of OneDrive for Business and the difference from OneDrive

OneDrive for Business is a document library in the “My Site” section of SharePoint, which was renamed as such in SharePoint 2013. There is a similar service from Microsoft called OneDrive, but it is offered as part of the Windows Live service and is different from OneDrive for Business.

Difference from OneDrive

• OneDrive and OneDrive for Business are different services, although they have very similar purposes and usage. However, since the desktop apps were integrated in 2016, you can now use both from the same app (OneDrive app).
• The account you use for OneDrive is a Microsoft account that you get yourself. In contrast, the accounts used for OneDrive for Business are accounts that your organization grants to its members (in the case of the University, these are the accounts created by the sign-up process described above). From the OneDrive app, depending on which account you sign in with, you will either be using OneDrive or OneDrive for Business.
• OneDrive allows 5GB of space per user (additional space is available for a fee), but OneDrive for Business allows up to 1TB.

[Confirmed consistency at 2017-03-03T16:43 with the Japanese version 2017-02-17]