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OneDrive: Sign-in and Setup

OneDrive Desktop Application

  1. Click the OneDrive icon (the gray cloud) in your system tray next to the time and and date. If it is not visible, click the ^ to reveal more icons. [ Screenshot ]
  2. Click Sign in [ Screenshot ]
  3. On the Set up OneDrive screen, enter your UW email address (netid@uw.edu) and click Sign in [ Screenshot ]
  4. When the UW NetID login page comes up, enter your NetID and password and click Sign in
  5. A OneDrive window will come up that explains where your OneDrive folder is located on the computer – if you’d like to, you can click Change location to set the location to somewhere else
  6. Click Next
  7. A set of brief tutorial slides will appear, click the arrow to continue through these slides
  8. At the end, click Open my OneDrive folder
  9. To go back to your OneDrive folder, click the yellow folder icon at the bottom of your screen and OneDrive-UW will be on the left-hand pane of that window [ Screenshot ]

OneDrive On the Web

  1. Go to OneDrive
  2. Enter your UW email address
  3. Press Enter or click Next
  4. Log in with your NetID credentials

ASA-IS OneDrive Resources