Microsoft automatically turns on OneDrive Backup in new Windows 11 installations. Your files aren't stolen -- they've just been moved to a new folder and synced to the cloud. A recent, undocumented ...

Over the last two years, with so many people working from home (often from personal devices), I have been seeing more and more organizations advising their users to configure their Windows PCs to back ...

Starting mid-March 2025, Microsoft will start prompting users of its Microsoft 365 apps for Windows to back up their files to OneDrive. These prompts will be displayed in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, ...

Microsoft has been pushing Windows users to conform to the operating system in the way they intend or, as the setup states, in the way the company "recommends." To achieve this goal, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 11 feature that displays a bold "BACK UP YOUR PC" alert in Settings. It pops up as a yellow warning banner urging users to back up their data, mainly through ...

Auto off-site backup of files I care about; e.g. current work in progress. (fwiw, I backup almost all files using OneDrive designated directories) Cloud attribute of files available pretty much ...

Learn how to back up your computer automatically with Windows, OneDrive, and third-party tools while keeping data secure, organized, and easy to restore.