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With OneDrive Vault, you can provide additional protection and security for files in your cloud. Find out what Vault offers and how it works in this practical tip.
OneDrive Vault – How the safe works
With OneDrive Vault, you can additionally encrypt and secure files stored in your OneDrive.
- This allows you to add an extra layer of security to important or confidential files to protect them.
- The vault is a separate folder in your OneDrive and can be activated in just a few steps. You can add files by dragging and dropping them or uploading them directly from your computer.
- Two-step verification provides additional protection for your data.
- In addition, you will be automatically logged out of the vault after 20 minutes of inactivity and will need to use the second factor to unlock your vault again.
- You can choose whether you want to use a one-time password (OTP), the Microsoft Authenticator app, or receive a code via email as your second factor to verify access.
- However, in the free version of OneDrive, you can only secure 3 files with your vault. To add more files to the vault, you must access a Microsoft 365 subscription.
OneDrive Vault: How to set it up
To set up OneDrive Vault for the first time, you only need to follow a few steps.
- Open OneDrive in your browser and sign in with your credentials.
- On the home page of your own files, you will find a folder called “Personal Vault” with a vault icon. Click on the icon.
- When setting it up for the first time, you will first see information about the personal vault. Click [Next].
- To confirm that you are logged in with the correct credentials, you must check your details in the next step and then confirm by clicking [Verify].
- A small window will now appear in which you must enter a code. If you have not yet set up two-factor authentication for Microsoft, you can do so now.
- After you have entered the code that you received via your authenticator app or email, you can click [Confirm] and then access your vault.
