Access and manage your files in Office 365 at IU

• Overview
• Determine whether you're storing institutional files
• Choose how to access your files
  • Access and manage your files from a web browser
  • Access and manage your files from the file explorer
  • Access and manage your files from the Microsoft Teams application

Overview

You have many options for accessing Office 365 files in Microsoft Teams at IU and in Microsoft OneDrive at IU. The particular method that will work best for you may depend on your workflow and on the device you are using to access files.

Determine whether you're storing institutional files

Choose how to access your files

Select how you prefer to access your files:

• From a web browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge
• From your computer's file explorer (for example, My Documents in Windows, or Finder in macOS)
• From the Microsoft Teams application

Access and manage your files from a web browser

Add and edit files from OneDrive in a web browser

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click OneDrive.
3. Under "Shared libraries", navigate to your files.
   Note:

   If you are storing non-institutional files, choose My files instead.

Add and edit files from Microsoft Teams in a web browser

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click Teams.
3. Select the desired team.
4. Navigate to the channel with the files you'd like to manage.
5. Click the Files tab.

Access recordings of Microsoft Teams meetings in a web browser via Microsoft Stream

Meeting organizer and attendees:

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click the dots at the top left, then All Apps, and then Stream.
3. Select My content.
4. Choose Videos.

Members of the team who did not attend the meeting:

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click the dots at the top left, then All Apps, and then Stream.
3. Select Groups.
4. Choose the desired team.
5. Click Videos.

Access files from direct messages shared during Microsoft Teams meetings from within OneDrive

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click OneDrive.
3. Select Microsoft Teams Chat Files.

Access and manage your files from the file explorer

Before you begin, install (if needed) and log into the OneDrive application (for detailed instructions, see Sync OneDrive files).

To set up access to Microsoft Teams files, in a browser:

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click OneDrive.
3. In the left navigation pane, under "Shared libraries", select the desired library.
4. In the top menu bar, click Sync. If prompted, click Open Microsoft OneDrive.

To set up access to OneDrive folders that have been shared with you, in a browser:

1. Log into https://office.iu.edu.
2. Click OneDrive.
3. In the left navigation pane, to view folders shared with you, click Shared.
4. Click into the folder that you would like to sync.
5. In the top menu bar, click Sync. If prompted, click Open Microsoft OneDrive.

OneDrive files that you own will sync automatically on a computer synced to your OneDrive account.

Add and edit files from the file explorer

To open, edit, and add files, open the file explorer on your device and navigate to the Indiana University folder. If you have not yet set up OneDrive on your device, see Sync OneDrive files.

Access and manage your files from the Microsoft Teams application

Add and edit team-specific files from within the Microsoft Teams application

1. In Microsoft Teams, click the Teams tab.
2. Select the team whose files you'd like to manage.
3. Navigate to the channel with the files you'd like to manage.
4. Click the Files tab.

Add and edit files from within the Microsoft Teams application

1. In Microsoft Teams, click the Files tab.
2. Select Microsoft Teams.

Access recordings of Microsoft Teams meetings from within the Microsoft Teams application

Navigate to the channel where the meeting was hosted. The recording will be available as a post within the channel.