2 users for the same One Drive?

Question

I use One Drive for my job, I'm a parish council clerk but I also volunteer as a trustee at our local village hall. I would like to use One Drive for my village hall documents and share these with the other trustees, how can I do this?

Answer 1

Dear Angela Batten,

Thanks for writing back with us and apologies for the delay in the response.

As per the further updates, I would like to let you know that “**Yes”**you can use two OneDrive accounts separately but you can’t use 2 OneDrive accounts with one email address.

However, you can setup only 1 personal OneDrive (@outlook.com) on your computer using OneDrive sync client and around 9 OneDrive for Business (@companyname.onmicrosoft.com) on your computer using OneDrive sync client.

I hope I have addressed your further concerns and if you have any confusion, please feel free to post back with more details and we will try our best to assist you.

However, if you feel the information provided is helpful and no further queries on the concern raised, I request you to mark this reply by providing your valuable vote so that the other users in this community with the similar concern will get benefited.

Appreciate your patience with us and have a wonderful day!! Stay Safe

Best Regards,

Sophia

Answer 2

Hi and thanks for explaining how to share files. Can you also help me with the other question which was how I use my existing One Drive (that is linked to my work email) with the volunteer role that I also hold. Can I have 2 One Drive accounts that are totally separate?

Answer 3

Dear Angela Batten,

Good day!!

I understand your concern and to my knowledge, I would like to convey that Microsoft OneDrive has the share feature where you can share the content in your OneDrive with the other users email address who are not even part of your organization if the external sharing is enabled at your organization.

To share the content to other users in your OneDrive, please follow the below steps:

Open your OneDrive for Business in the browser> Right-click on the folder which need to be shared with others> Share> Click on the settings beside Copy Link> Choose People you choose and make sure Can Edit is selected> Apply>Enter the email addresses of the users to be shared> Click on Share.

However, if the users that who you want to share doesn't have any email address, please follow the below steps:

Open your OneDrive for Business in the browser> Right-click on the folder which need to be shared with others> Share> Click on the settings beside Copy Link> Select Anyone link> Apply> Click on Copy Link> Share the copied link to the users.

Note: If Anyone option is grayed out, it means external sharing is not enabled in your tenant, please contact your IT admin of your organization.

Reference: Share OneDrive files and folders

If you are using Microsoft Personal account (******@outlook.com), please let us know for the detailed steps.

If there is any misunderstanding from our end, we apologize and request you to share the more detailed information with some screenshots and which will help us to better understand and guide you further.

Appreciate your patience and understanding. Have a great day!!

Best Regards,

Sophia