The switch to OneDrive won't affect current SkyDrive users' accounts their files remain backed up in the cloud. Chris Jones, wrote in a post on theOneDrive Blog today.Īlong with the name change come a new Android OneDrive app that can auto-upload photos to cloud storage, smarter video sharing, a referral program that offers users higher storage limits if they get friends to open OneDrive accounts, and a 100GB giveaway for 100,000 users.
Ultimately, the name change reflects the service's goal to store 'everything in one place,' Microsoft's vice president for OS Services. But the move also offered Microsoft a chance to tie its cloud service branding to the Xbox One and the One Microsoft push outlined by outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer last July. The Redmond-based company was forced to change the name of its cloud storage and syncing service after it lost a trademark lawsuit filed by satellite TV operator British Sky Broadcasting Group.
