SkyDrive is a cloud-based file hosting service from Microsoft that allows users to store and share files from any device with an Internet connection. Users can access 7GB of free storage through SkyDrive. Files can be accessed through web browsers or dedicated apps. SkyDrive uses cloud computing technologies like Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) to store and retrieve user files from the cloud. This allows files to be accessed from any device at any time.

1. Presented by
K.N.V.S.L.PRANATHI
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2. Contents
 What is SkyDrive…
 Use…
 How it is accessed…
 Storage issues…
 Technologies used…
 Features….
 Advantages….
 Conclusion…..

3. Introduction
 Sky drive(officially Microsoft sky drive, previously “windows live sky drive”
and windows live folders) is a file hosting service.
 Accessed using browsers or local devices
 Data storage up to 7gb..
 It is part of the windows live range of
online services.

4. History
 On its launch, Sky drive known as a Windows Live Folders
 Windows live folders are nothing but the folders with the windows start button logo
 Shortly after, on August 9, 2007 the service was renamed Windows Live Sky
Drive
 SkyDrive was updated to "Wave 4" release on June 7, 2010
 On December 3, 2011 , Microsoft released a SkyDrive for iOS app
 On August 14, 2012, Microsoft announced a new update for SkyDrive which
brought changes and improvements to SkyDrive.com
 On August 28, 2012, Microsoft released a Sky Drive app for Android

5. Microsoft Sky drive official logo

6. Uses
 By using the “WORD WEB APP” which is a service offered by the skydrive
to create a word documents and power point documents and also one note
documents easily.
 Not only creating and storing we can also share by using sharing option present
in the skydrive.
 There is another option we can see in the skydrive is “GROUPING” where
You can share the file or a document to a group of persons at a time.

7. Two ways…!
1)Windows live sign in.
[www.home.live.com]
2)skydrive.com
[www.skydrive.com]

8. Windows live sign in…

9. After sign in..

10. 2)Skydrive.com
 The microsoft had been providing this site from recent years since from last 2
years but in October 2012 ,the site had been updated by using new technologies
and with rich graphics where the user can access the site very easily and
effectively..
 After successful sign in by using any of the above methods the home is look likes
as follows if you have some files.

11. Skydrive.com..

12. HOMEPAGE

13. STORGE ISSUES
 Skydrive saves the data in clouds.
 Skydrive stores the information in cloud computing
technology to store and to retrieve the data.

14. CLOUD COMPUTION ARCHITECTURE

15. Services..
 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
 Platform as a service (PaaS)
 Software as a service (SaaS)
 Network as a service (NaaS)
 Storage as a service (STaaS)
 Security as a service (SECaaS)
 Data as a service (DaaS)
 Database as a service (DBaaS)
 Test environment as a service (TEaaS)

16. Services provided by Skydrive
The main two services provided by the
skydrive are
SaaS
DBaaS.

17. Saas
 To provide the online word and power point apps the sky drive uses the SaaS
such that we can use the ms word and power point and much more which are
present in actual ms office as a software service.

18. DBaaS architecture
 The sky drive uses the another service called DBaaS to store and
Accessing of files from anywhere and at any time.

19. Technologies…
 Html 5……………………………….
 AJAX………………………

21. Storage…..

22. File accessing…

23. Support…

24. Advantages
 Its like an online ms office.
 Editing a document at a time by many number of users.
 Sharing
 Downloading.
 7GB storage at the time of first sign up.
 Less costs for additional storage.
 Hotmail messenger.
 Connectivity to social networks.
 High flexibility when compared.

25. Access file from anywhere

26. Like office..

27. Word document

28. A powerpointdoc..

29. Conclusion…