---
title: "Connecting OneDrive, including work and school accounts"
url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/connecting-onedrive
category: "Cloud accounts"
tags: ["cloud accounts", "onedrive", "sign in"]
summary: "Add a personal, work or school OneDrive by signing in through your browser. Storage Studio then asks Microsoft which OneDrive belongs to that account and connects to it."
updated: 2026-10-01T05:31:59.000Z
---

# Connecting OneDrive, including work and school accounts

Add a personal, work or school OneDrive by signing in through your browser. Storage Studio then asks Microsoft which OneDrive belongs to that account and connects to it.

To connect OneDrive, open **Remotes & Accounts**, click **Add Account**, choose **OneDrive**, give it a nickname and click **Open browser to sign in**. It works the same way for a personal Microsoft account and for a work or school account: you sign in on Microsoft's own page, and Storage Studio connects to the OneDrive that belongs to the account you signed in with.

## Step by step

1. Choose **Connect Accounts…** from the **More** menu, then click **Add Account**.
2. Select **OneDrive**.
3. Type a **Nickname**, such as *onedrive-home* or *onedrive-work*.
4. Click **Open browser to sign in**.
5. Sign in on Microsoft's page with the account you want and approve access.
6. When the browser shows **You're connected**, close the tab. Back in Storage Studio the sheet shows **Saving account…** while it finishes, then **Account added**.

```mermaid
%% caption: How Storage Studio finds the right OneDrive after you sign in
flowchart TD
  A[You sign in on Microsoft's page] --> B[Storage Studio asks Microsoft for this account's own OneDrive]
  B --> C{Does the account have a OneDrive yet?}
  C -->|Yes, personal| D[Your personal OneDrive is connected]
  C -->|Yes, work or school| E[That account's OneDrive is connected]
  C -->|Not yet| F[Open OneDrive in your browser once, then Try Again]
```

*Flowchart — How Storage Studio finds the right OneDrive after you sign in. Outline:*

- You sign in on Microsoft's page
  - leads to Storage Studio asks Microsoft for this account's own OneDrive
- Storage Studio asks Microsoft for this account's own OneDrive
  - leads to Does the account have a OneDrive yet?
- Does the account have a OneDrive yet?
  - Yes, personal: leads to Your personal OneDrive is connected
  - Yes, work or school: leads to That account's OneDrive is connected
  - Not yet: leads to Open OneDrive in your browser once, then Try Again

## Personal, work and school accounts

You don't have to tell Storage Studio which kind of account it is. Straight after you sign in, it asks Microsoft for the OneDrive that belongs to that account and connects to it — a personal OneDrive for a personal account, or the account's own OneDrive for a work or school account. There's no option to pick a different library, such as a team site, instead.

You can keep a personal and a work OneDrive side by side: add each one with its own nickname. Up to 5 OneDrive accounts can be connected.

## "This Microsoft account doesn't have a OneDrive we can open yet"

If the sign-in works but the sheet says:

> You signed in, but this Microsoft account doesn't have a OneDrive we can open yet (work accounts sometimes need OneDrive set up by your organisation first). Open OneDrive in your browser once, then try again.

this usually means Microsoft hasn't set up a OneDrive for that account yet. Open OneDrive in your browser while signed in to that account, wait for it to load, then click **Try Again** in Storage Studio. If your organisation hasn't turned OneDrive on for you, only your IT team can change that.

## Other problems

- **Sign-in timed out after 5 minutes** — click **Try Again** and finish the sign-in a little sooner.
- **The browser went straight to the wrong Microsoft account** — sign out of it in the browser, then try again so you can choose.
- **You signed in successfully, but the account couldn't be saved** — click **Try Again**. If it keeps happening, send us the details from the sheet through [Contact Support](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/getting-help).

## What you can do with it

Use the account in [Data Transfers](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/data-transfers), in [the Storage Studio location in Finder](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-storage-studio-location-in-finder), as a [backup destination](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-destinations), or for a [duplicate check](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/duplicates-in-cloud-accounts).

- **Can I see all my cloud accounts in Finder on a Mac?** Yes. Storage Studio adds a "Storage Studio" location to Finder's sidebar, with each connected cloud account and paired device as a folder inside, and a Finder button in the app's main window opens it. Files stay in the cloud until you open them. Folders you have visited open straight away and… (https://storagestudio.us/faq)

See also: [Cloud accounts](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts) · [Testing, editing and removing an account](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/testing-editing-and-removing-an-account) · [When an account needs signing in again](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-an-account-needs-signing-in-again)

## What links here

- [Cloud accounts](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cloud-accounts)
- [Google Photos: what's possible and the Takeout route](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/google-photos)