OneDrive has been available to your Windows operating system as default cloud storage provider. You can instantly sync your Windows files to cloud using OneDrive. If you are using OneDrive for Business using your work or school account, you can sync your files just like your OneDrive personal account. Sometimes, you may need to merge both of these OneDrive accounts. However, it is not possible to merge OneDrive Personal and business accounts. In this article, we’ll see how to use OneDrive Personal and business on same computer.
As I said above, merging is not possible for OneDrive Personal and business accounts, but it is possible to use them side-by-side on same system. This somehow reduces the pain of sign out from OneDrive account and sign in to other account to manage your data. Here, it is worth to mention that OneDrive business account may be associated with Microsoft/Office 365, Azure AD etc. The OneDrive sync app comes pre-installed in Windows 10 allows to use different type of accounts in the same app. If you’re on Windows Server, you can download OneDrive sync app from Microsoft’s official website.
So without wasting time anymore, let us see how you can use OneDrive Personal and business or work accounts on same computer.
How to use OneDrive personal and business on same computer
1. Open OneDrive sync app and sign in with your business or work account.
2. Once you complete setup wizard, click on OneDrive icon on taskbar. Now click Help & Settings > Settings.
3. In Microsoft OneDrive window, switch to Account tab. Click Add an account button here.
4. Now OneDrive setup wizard should appear. Complete sign in with your OneDrive personal account.
Once done, you’ll find two OneDrive icons on taskbar. The blue icon is for OneDrive business and grey icon is for OneDrive personal. You can click on these icons to manage their associated account settings independently.
Also, in File Explorer, you can locate different OneDrive folders for business and personal account. From here, it is quite easy for you to move files between these accounts.
That’s it!
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That is the kind of simple settings that you can search for a while the first time. It is easy to suppose that Microsft could have simply split it in 2 different apps: Onedrive for Business and Onedrive.
Useful post.
Thanks.
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My personal and business OneDrive accounts are syncing and co-existing just fine – EXCEPT when it comes to back-up feature. I can’t seem to enable back-up for my business account without disabling back-up for my personal account and vice versa. Both should be/need to be backed up periodically. Is there a work around for this?
^^ I’ll be investigating this possibility and revert back to you.