Office365 – Iscte-Informática

Can’t share OneDrive files

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution: If you can’t share files from OneDrive, it could be because:

- You’ve reached your sharing limits;
- You need to validate your account;
- The item is in your Personal Vault;
- OneDrive is not running;
- Your organisation has disabled or restricted the programme.

Shall I save files in OneDrive or SharePoint?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution:

- If you’re working on a file in isolation, save it to OneDrive. Your OneDrive files are private unless you share them with others, which is particularly useful if you haven’t created a team yet.
- If you’re already working in a team – in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or Outlook – you should save your files where your team works, because OneDrive for work or school also connects you to all your shared libraries.

How can I validate my Office365 account?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

If you’re having problems sending share emails, it may be due to validation problems with your Microsoft Account.

Answer/Solution:

Go to https://account.live.com/reputationcheck to validate your Microsoft account.
Make sure your Microsoft Account Profile is up to date and complete.
Make sure you accept the “Terms of Use“, if requested.

How do I share Onedrive files from my Personal Vault?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution:

- As the items in your Personal Vault are private, they cannot be shared.
- If you want to share an item stored in your Personal Vault, you’ll have to transfer it to a folder outside your Personal Vault and share it from there.

How do I share if Onedrive isn’t installed or running?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution: If the OneDrive desktop application is installed on your computer, you should see the “Share” option when you click on a file or folder in Explorer.

- If OneDrive is not running or the desktop application is not installed, you will not be able to share from File Explorer or the Finder.
- You can continue to share OneDrive files and folders from onedrive.com.
- If you don’t see the OneDrive icons in your taskbar or notification area, start OneDrive.

What is the difference between OneDrive and SharePoint?

Atualizado/Updated: 2025-07-08

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Target Audience: Iscte-IUL Community

Answer/Solution:

- The similarities between the programs

1. Sharepoint and OneDrive have similar cloud storage functions.
2. Both offer enterprise-level protection and comply with the main data protection legislation.

- The main differences

1. Sharepoint is a system for collaborative storage, focused on the needs of teams. OneDrive is a personal storage system, i.e. not collaborative.
2. Sharepoint is a platform designed specifically to promote collaborative work in an online environment. It is a business environment in which employees share folders and files, including editing files simultaneously.
3. Sharepoint’s usability is much broader than that of OneDrive, as it can be adapted to function as an intranet. It can also be integrated with Teams.

How can I uninstall Microsoft or Office 365?

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Target Audience: All the world

Answer/Solution:

Open the “Control Panel“:
- - Press the Windows logo key, then type “control panel“.
  - Select “Control Panel” from the search results.
Navigate to Programs and Features:
- - Click on “Programs“, then “Programs and features“.
Select the Office Product:
- - Locate the Microsoft Office product you want to uninstall (e.g., “Microsoft 365”).
  - If you installed Office as part of a suite (like Office Home and Student), search for the suite name. For standalone apps, search by the app name.
Initiate the Uninstall:
- - Click the “Uninstall” button.
Follow the Prompts:
1. - Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstall process.

Further Information: To uninstall Office on macOS, open Finder, go to ‘Applications’, select the Office programms and move them to the trash.