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Put Governance, Intake, and Audit on Top of OneDrive

OneDrive stores and syncs your team's files well. It just can't let a partner log in over SFTP, take in files from an outsider, or feed a full record into your security tools. Files.com adds all of that on top of any OneDrive — your own, or a client's or partner's — so people can send, receive, and share the files in it, with a record you can pipe into Microsoft Sentinel. Both OneDrive Personal and OneDrive for Business work, and you don't have to use Microsoft yourself to trade files with someone who does.

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Why Teams Put Files.com in Front of OneDrive

OneDrive is built for people inside your company syncing and sharing their own files. It was never built for partner logins over SFTP, taking in files from people who don’t have a Microsoft account, or keeping an auditor-grade record of every exchange. Files.com mounts or syncs against any OneDrive you can reach and adds that layer on top — controlled and logged from your side.

Connect Any OneDrive — Yours or Theirs

The OneDrive can be your own, or it can belong to a client, partner, or vendor who runs on Microsoft 365 and expects you to exchange through theirs. Pull files out of a OneDrive someone else owns, drop files into theirs, or do both at once — all controlled and logged on your side. You don't have to use Microsoft yourself to trade files with someone who does.

Personal and Business Both Supported

OneDrive Personal and OneDrive for Business are different Microsoft products, and Files.com works with both — the consumer OneDrive Personal account, or the OneDrive for Business account that comes with Microsoft 365.

Connect for the Whole Team, or Per Person

Connect once with a service account and a single connection covers the whole share — the way an IT team sets up a workflow. Or let each person mount their own OneDrive, where they see exactly what they already see in OneDrive. Either way, the same Files.com control, logging, and connection methods sit on top.

Add the Connection Methods Microsoft Doesn’t Ship

Files.com mounts a OneDrive folder and adds SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV on top of it from one place. OneDrive offers none of these. Partners and apps reach the files in OneDrive through Files.com instead.

Take In Files From Outside People

A Files.com inbox lets vendors, clients, and partners upload straight into OneDrive folders through a branded web link or email address — no Microsoft account, no setup on their end — with every upload logged.

When It’s Your OneDrive, Your Files Stay in It

A mount passes every action through to OneDrive in real time — no copy, no migration. OneDrive stays the place people work in. When the OneDrive belongs to someone else, a sync moves only the files the job needs, in the direction you pick.

The Control and Visibility OneDrive Leaves Out

Files.com adds a layer of control over OneDrive content, tied to the Entra logins you already run and feeding the security view your team already watches. Files.com is a Microsoft technology partner and exhibits at Microsoft Ignite; the legacy MFT vendors don’t show up there.

Give People Access to Only Their Folders

Hand each person, partner, or app the exact folders they need and nothing else, with nine levels of permission per user or group.

The Same Logins Your Company Already Uses

People sign in with Microsoft Entra ID or Active Directory over SAML, OAuth, or LDAP, with user accounts provisioned through SCIM and two-factor enforced right down to the SFTP, FTPS, and WebDAV connections. When someone leaves, you cut their OneDrive access in one place.

Send the Record Into Microsoft Sentinel

Every access, upload, download, and permission change is logged in one place, and you can feed it into Microsoft Sentinel so your security team sees file movement next to the rest of its Microsoft data.

Encryption and Controlled Sharing

Files.com can encrypt files automatically as they move. Inboxes and share links carry their own controls — logging, expiration dates, limits on who can open them, and watermarks.

Connect OneDrive the Way That Fits Your Workload

Remote Server Mount

Mount a OneDrive folder as a Files.com folder. Every action passes straight through in real time. Best when Files.com is the live way people and apps reach OneDrive and the way outsiders send files in.

Remote Server Sync

Copy files on a schedule between Files.com and OneDrive, in either direction; the files end up in both places. Best for backups, archives, staged ingest, and trading files with someone else’s OneDrive.

Automations

Run a rule when a file arrives, on a schedule, or when a condition is met — with the OneDrive mount as the source, the destination, or both. No Power Automate flows to build.

Files.com Desktop App

Teams that put Files.com in front of OneDrive usually swap the Microsoft OneDrive desktop app for the Files.com Desktop App — one app that gives a person their Files.com files plus their SharePoint, Box, OneDrive, and Drive, all through Files.com and all controlled and logged the same way.

What Teams Build With OneDrive on Files.com

Take In Files From Outsiders Into OneDrive

A vendor uploads through a Files.com inbox link, the file drops into the right OneDrive folder, and the upload is logged. The vendor never gets a Microsoft account.

Take In Partner Files Over SFTP

A partner uploads to your Files.com site over SFTP. The file lands in the mounted OneDrive folder, and a rule handles and routes it from there.

Send OneDrive Files Out, Tracked

Share OneDrive-backed files with a branded link under your own domain; every access is logged.

Trade Files With Someone’s OneDrive Without Using Microsoft 365 Yourself

Your team runs on Google Workspace, S3, or your own servers, but a client or partner delivers through their OneDrive. Files.com syncs against that OneDrive on a schedule — pull their files in, or push yours out — controlled and logged on your side, with no Microsoft account for anyone on your team.

Files.com Features Often Used With OneDrive

Inboxes & File Requests

Take in files into OneDrive folders from people with no Microsoft account, with every upload logged.

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Microsoft Entra ID SSO

Sign-in and user setup tied to Entra — OneDrive access follows the same login rules you already run.

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Microsoft Sentinel

Feed the record into Sentinel so OneDrive file movement shows up in the security view your team already watches.

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SFTP & Protocol Access

Serve the OneDrive folder over SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV from one place — connection methods OneDrive doesn’t offer.

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Sync & File Orchestration

Move and mirror files between OneDrive and other servers or clouds on a schedule — for archives, staged ingest, and pipelines that span clouds.

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Automations & Workflows

Route files on the OneDrive mount by event or schedule — the work Microsoft would have you build in Power Automate.

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Frequently Asked: OneDrive on Files.com

What buyers ask about how Files.com connects to OneDrive, what it costs, and what the integration actually does.

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