{"id":1122,"date":"2019-06-25T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-za\/2019\/06\/25\/onedrive-personal-vault-added-security-onedrive-additional-storage\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:51:36","slug":"onedrive-personal-vault-added-security-onedrive-additional-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-za\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2019\/06\/25\/onedrive-personal-vault-added-security-onedrive-additional-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"OneDrive Personal Vault brings added security to your most important files and OneDrive gets additional storage options"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the growing presence and sophistication of online threats, it\u2019s increasingly important to have the right protection and tools to help safeguard your devices, personal information, and files from being compromised. Today, we\u2019re excited to announce OneDrive Personal Vault\u2014a new layer of security coming to your OneDrive<\/a> personal account to further protect your most sensitive and important files.<\/p>\n We\u2019re also increasing the OneDrive standalone storage plan from 50 GB to 100 GB at no additional charge, and we\u2019re giving Office 365 subscribers a new option to add more storage as they need it.<\/p>\n OneDrive runs on the trusted Microsoft cloud, which has many security measures in place to keep your files safe. But we understand that some people want more protection for their most important and sensitive files, which is why we\u2019re introducing Personal Vault.<\/p>\n Personal Vault is a protected area in OneDrive that you can only access with a strong authentication method or a second step of identity verification, such as your fingerprint, face, PIN, or a code sent to you via email or SMS.1<\/sup> Your locked files in Personal Vault have an extra layer of security, keeping them more secured in the event that someone gains access to your account or your device.<\/p>\n Plus, this added security doesn\u2019t mean added inconvenience. All your documents, photos, and videos in Personal Vault are easy to access on Onedrive.com, your PC, or capable devices.2<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personal Vault adds to the robust privacy and security that OneDrive currently offers, including file encryption at rest and in transit, suspicious activity monitoring, ransomware detection and recovery, mass file deletion notification and recovery, virus scanning on download for known threats, and version history for all file types.<\/p>\n Just enter a PIN, or use your fingerprint, face, or a code delivered by email or SMS1<\/sup> to unlock and access your files\u2014no need to remember multiple passwords. Additionally, Personal Vault can be unlocked with the Microsoft Authenticator app<\/a>. Whichever way you choose, unlocking is quick, convenient, and helps secure your data.<\/p>\n You can use the OneDrive for mobile app to scan documents, take pictures, or shoot video directly into your Personal Vault, keeping them off less secure areas of your device\u2014such as your camera roll. It\u2019s easy to scan important travel, identification, vehicle, home, insurance documents, and more directly into your Personal Vault. And you\u2019ll have access to these documents wherever you go, across your capable devices.2<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personal Vault uses more than just two-step verification to help keep your files safe and private. On Windows 10 PCs, OneDrive syncs your Personal Vault files to a BitLocker-encrypted area of your local hard drive. And like all files in OneDrive, the contents of your Personal Vault are encrypted at-rest in the Microsoft cloud and in-transit to your device. For further protection on mobile devices, we recommend that you enable encryption on your iOS or Android device. Together, these measures help keep your files protected even if your Windows 10 PC or mobile device is lost, stolen, or someone gains access to it.<\/p>\n Personal Vault automatically relocks on your PC, device, or online after a short period of inactivity. Once locked, any files you were using will also lock and require reauthentication to access. There\u2019s no need to worry about whether you left your Personal Vault or your file open\u2014both will close and lock automatically after inactivity.3<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to provide these new capabilities to people who use OneDrive on the web, with our mobile app, or on a Windows 10 PC. Personal Vault will begin rolling out soon in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada and will be available to everyone by the end of the year.<\/p>\n If you already have OneDrive, Personal Vault will appear as a feature update when it launches later this year in your region. And if you aren’t yet a OneDrive customer, you can download the app or go to www.onedrive.com<\/a> to start using it on your PC or on the web. If you are using OneDrive\u2019s free or standalone 100 GB plan, you can try Personal Vault with a limited number of files. Office 365 subscribers can store as many files as they want in Personal Vault, up to their storage limit.<\/p>\n Today, we\u2019re also excited to share two storage plan updates.<\/p>\n Store more with OneDrive 100 GB plan<\/strong>\u2014We\u2019re increasing the amount of storage in the OneDrive standalone plan from 50 GB to 100 GB4<\/sup> for the same $1.99 per month. That\u2019s enough space to store over 50,000 pictures (at 2 MB per photo). This new plan is perfect for automatically backing up your phone\u2019s camera roll and scanning and saving documents, receipts, and more right from your phone. You can also use it to back up your files and share and collaborate on documents. This new plan will roll out soon. If you\u2019re currently using our 50 GB plan, you\u2019ll automatically get 50 GB more storage added to your account at no additional cost. For more information, see OneDrive plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get additional OneDrive storage as you need it<\/strong>\u2014Your Office 365 subscription starts with 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and many people have asked for even more storage. Today, we\u2019re announcing OneDrive additional storage, which lets you add more storage\u2014as you need it\u2014to your existing Office 365 subscription. You can add storage in 200 GB increments starting at $1.99 per month, going up to 1 TB of additional storage for $9.99 per month.<\/p>\n If you need 2 TB of storage, we now have an option for you. Pay only for what you need and increase, decrease, or cancel your additional storage plan anytime. OneDrive additional storage will be available in the coming months wherever Office 365 is available.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To let us know what you think or share your thoughts and ideas, visit\u00a0OneDrive UserVoice<\/a>. To learn more about all the advanced protection features included in Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscriptions, see our support page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Notes With the growing presence and sophistication of online threats, it\u2019s increasingly important to have the right protection and tools to help safeguard your devices, personal information, and files from being compromised. Today, we\u2019re excited to announce OneDrive Personal Vault\u2014a new layer of security coming to your OneDrive personal account to further protect your most sensitive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"content-type":[149],"product":[151,171],"audience":[196,216,217],"tags":[260],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-news","product-microsoft-365","product-onedrive","audience-enterprise","audience-personal-and-family","audience-small-business","tag-windows-hello"],"yoast_head":"\nOneDrive Personal Vault<\/h3>\n
Easy to use<\/h3>\n
Scan and shoot directly into Personal Vault<\/h3>\n
Extra protection on and off your PC<\/h3>\n
Automatic locking after a short period of inactivity<\/h3>\n
Available soon<\/h3>\n
OneDrive gets additional storage<\/h3>\n
Let us know what you think<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>1<\/sup> Face and fingerprint verification requires specialized hardware including a Windows Hello capable device, fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor, or other biometric sensors and capable devices.<\/em>
\n2<\/sup> The OneDrive for mobile app on Android and iOS requires either Android 6.0 or above or iOS 11.3 and above.<\/em>
\n3 <\/sup>Automatic locking interval varies by device and can be set by the user.<\/em>
\n4 <\/sup>100 GB plan offers 102,400 MB of storage.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"