Microsoft and Skype for Business recently introduced the new ability for users to share their OneDrive files seamlessly in their everyday business chats. Currently, the feature is only online for Beta testers, but it will soon be available for customers worldwide.
If you want to share a OneDrive file with your chat contacts, all you need to do is click on the "+" icon at the bottom of your screen, which will allow you to open your content and tools section. In that window, you can click on OneDrive, and browse through a range of files and folders available to share. As long as your chat partner has OneDrive installed, they'll be able to open the file and start making notes almost immediately.
What Does Seamless Sharing Mean to Privacy?
At first glance, the Seamless Sharing feature on Skype for Business seems like a fantastic addition to the program. Now that companies are relying more than ever on file sharing for quick collaboration among dispersed employees, Seamless Sharing could make it quicker and easier for teams to work together in real-time. However, the presence of Seamless Sharing also raises questions about privacy and GDPR regulations for some experts in the communication space.
According to the Chief Revenue Officer at Wire, Rasmus Holst, a secure end-to-end encrypted communications platform, Seamless Sharing may be a clear breach of GDPR regulations. The feature suggests that OneDrive data is not stored exclusively in a single location, which means that your Microsoft documents may not be as private as you think. Chief Revenue Officer Rasmus Holst believes that regulators should be acting on these privacy problems to ensure that a precedent of tolerance for non-compliance isn't set.
