

Personal Vault uses more than just two-step verification to help keep your files safe and private. And you’ll have access to these documents wherever you go, across your capable devices. It’s easy to scan important travel, identification, vehicle, home, insurance documents, and more directly into your Personal Vault. 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- such as your camera roll. Scan and shoot directly into Personal Vault Whichever way you choose, unlocking is quick, convenient, and helps secure your data. Additionally, Personal Vault can be unlocked with the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Just enter a PIN, or use your fingerprint, face, or a code delivered by email or SMS 1 to unlock and access your files- no need to remember multiple passwords. 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. All your documents, photos, and videos in Personal Vault are easy to access on, your PC, or capable devices. Plus, this added security doesn’t mean added inconvenience. 1 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. 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. But we understand that some people want more protection for their most important and sensitive files, which is why we’re introducing Personal Vault. OneDrive runs on the trusted Microsoft cloud, which has many security measures in place to keep your files safe. Microsoft envisions OneDrive users saving travel, identification, vehicle, home, and insurance documents in their Personal Vault. Personal Vault is a protected area in OneDrive that you can only access with the Microsoft Authenticator app or a second step of identity verification (fingerprint, face, PIN, or a code sent to you via email or SMS). Office 365 subscribers are also getting new storage options. T the company is increasing OneDrive’s cheapest storage plan from 50GB to 100GB at no additional cost. Some changes are coming to OneDrive, doubling the storage in its standalone plan, while adding a new OneDrive Personal Vault for maximizing security around the most important files.
