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. People can send, receive, and share the files in it, and you get 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.
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.
The OneDrive can be your own. It can also 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. It all stays controlled and logged on your side, so you can prove who touched what. You don't have to use Microsoft yourself to trade files with someone who does.
OneDrive Personal and OneDrive for Business are different Microsoft products. Files.com works with both: the consumer OneDrive Personal account, or the OneDrive for Business account that comes with Microsoft 365.
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.
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. So a partner or an app that only speaks SFTP can reach the files in OneDrive without you moving the data anywhere.
A Files.com inbox lets vendors, clients, and partners upload straight into OneDrive folders through a branded web link or email address. They need no Microsoft account and no setup on their end, and every upload is logged. So you can collect files from anyone without provisioning them a login.
A mount passes every action through to OneDrive in real time, with no copy and no migration. OneDrive stays the place people work in, so nobody has to change how they work. When the OneDrive belongs to someone else, a sync moves only the files the job needs, in the direction you pick.
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.
Hand each person, partner, or app the exact folders they need and nothing else, with nine levels of permission per user or group. So an outside partner never sees a folder that isn’t theirs, and least-privilege holds without a second list to maintain.
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.
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.
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.
Mount a OneDrive folder as a Files.com folder. Every action passes straight through in real time, so the files stay in OneDrive and there’s nothing to keep in sync. Best when Files.com is the live way people and apps reach OneDrive and the way outsiders send files in.
Copy files on a schedule between Files.com and OneDrive, in either direction. The files end up in both places, so you keep a copy off OneDrive for backup or archive. Best for backups, archives, staged ingest, and trading files with someone else’s OneDrive.
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, so the routing lives in one place you control.
Teams that put Files.com in front of OneDrive usually swap the Microsoft OneDrive desktop app for the Files.com Desktop App. One app 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. So a person works from one drive instead of juggling four.
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.
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.
Share OneDrive-backed files with a branded link under your own domain; every access is logged.
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.
Take in files into OneDrive folders from people with no Microsoft account, with every upload logged.
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Sign-in and user setup tied to Entra, so OneDrive access follows the same login rules you already run.
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Feed the record into Sentinel so OneDrive file movement shows up in the security view your team already watches.
Learn MoreServe the OneDrive folder over SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV from one place. OneDrive offers none of these, so a partner that only speaks SFTP can still reach the files.
Learn MoreMove and mirror files between OneDrive and other servers or clouds on a schedule, for archives, staged ingest, and pipelines that span clouds.
Learn MoreRoute files on the OneDrive mount by event or schedule, the work Microsoft would have you build in Power Automate.
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