April 29, 2014

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Microsoft has just scored a point in the cloud storage wars.

The Redmond software giant has announced it will up its OneDrive storage levels — an obvious bid to be competitive against chief rivals Google Drive, Dropbox and iCloud.

OneDrive for Business storage will increase from 25GB to 1TB per user, while Office 365 ProPlus customers will receive 1TB of OneDrive for Business storage per user as part of their Office 365 ProPlus subscription.

OneDrive offers improved video sharing and apps for Windows Phone, iOS, Android and Xbox. Other OneDrive features include automatic camera backup for Android to make photo transfers more seamless and video transcoding for easy storage, viewing and sharing.

“OneDrive for Business has been part of Office 365 for some time, but earlier this month we announced a new standalone offer for OneDrive for Business, making it even easier for our business customers to get the file sync and share service that’s designed to meet the anywhere access, storage, scale, data security and compliance requirements organizations need,” Microsoft’s John Case said in a blog post. “OneDrive for Business is unique because it offers the flexibility of a reliable and secure standalone service, but is also a tightly integrated Office 365 service, offering enterprise-class productivity.”

Those who don’t currently subscribe to OneDrive for Business or have it as part of their Office 365 subscription can take advantage of the $2.50 per user per month promo running through September.