Microsoft Tests a Sweet Service: Direct-Shipping Data for Uploading to the Cloud

The company is testing a program where enterprises send encrypted drives for direct upload to OneDrive accounts. Consumers wouldn't mind this service, either.

One of the challenges of change to a new provider of cloud storage is a very practical: Load the value from data always involves a life. Microsoft Office 365 Import Service allows companies to take a shortcut: units encrypted mail directly to Microsoft to charge directly onedrive.

At this point, the program is a person limited: Companies can send a unit of a data center to be loaded into Microsoft SharePoint, or send a specific set of files to Microsoft Outlook PST to plant an Office 365 account. During this preview of the program, the service is free.

As expected, however, companies are not the only ones who need to move large amounts of data.
Consumers can be stuck in a cloud service, for the simple reason that once the data is loaded, go to another service provides for the discharge of material locally, and then upload the new service. Even if someone was willing to take the time, major Internet service providers like Comcast often implement the so-called red lines' that the protections of data "on the number of data users can upload and download each month that could frustrate any plans to transfer Large data.

Many ISPs have temporarily suspended tapas, as competition from streaming services like Netflix, online marketplaces such as upgrades of steam in perpetual Windows 10 become the new reality. But Comcast wants to restore data caps, and is putting to the test fees to get around them are a bit 'the same thing.

Sending a unit called "seeding" a Microsoft or Google would certainly lower the barrier to switching from one provider to another, especially if the supplier itself costs ate. Note that Microsoft requires that encrypt the drive, so if you lose during the transport of data is theoretically safe.

Why this is important:

The concept of backup "sowing" is not new. CrashPlan from Code42 service used to offer the ability to send an encrypted for them to upload data into the cloud. (We could not confirm whether this option is available, however.) Quick Backup, a service of Australia, also offers the opportunity to plant. Microsoft said it will follow suit with an option to plant consumers onedrive. Has neither Google, for Google Drive. But for cloud services that want to grow their business, Planting Unit can be a worthwhile option offer.