What is the difference between SharePoint and OneDrive?

Question

When I upload a file through an MS Teams Channel chat, I can see the File in the Files tab.

I can also access these Files through SharePoint, Ms Teams and OneDrive in the Microsoft365 suite.

Where exactly are these files stored? Are they stored in OneDrive?

According to this https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/89a9d813-1162-43c5-9421-ffd3f8f8aabf/where-are-the-files-collaborated-in-teams-saved?forum=msteams ,

Files that you share in a channel are stored in your team's SharePoint folder.

Files that you share in a private or group chat are stored in your OneDrive for Business folder and are only shared with the people in that conversation.

That's fine, but I still don't understand what the difference between SP and OneDrive is? It seems like they both store files?

Answer 1

@Adz

Both OneDrive and SharePoint offer storage in Microsoft’s cloud space, which means that your data is securely stored within Microsoft’s vast network of datacenters.

OneDrive is your own personal storage. This is where you'll want to put documents and files that you don’t want other people in your organization to access.

SharePoint, on the other hand, is your collaborative cloud storage. This is where you would store a document in which you want to collaborate with a group of co-workers.

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Answer 2

SharePoint is the Microsoft's original collaborative workspace(It's best used in two ways:for collaborating on files with others, and for publishing files for everyone to see). OneDrive, is the Microsoft's cloud storage that stores your files securely, also allowing you to share them with others, and you can access them from anywhere(Use OneDrive to save documents, photos, and other files in the cloud, share them with friends, and even collaborate on content). So.. yeah, they both store files, but in a different way