Sky Drive - Client Applications

Client Applications

Microsoft has released SkyDrive client applications for Android, iOS, Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox 360 that allow users to browse, view and organize files stored on their SkyDrive cloud storage. In addition, Microsoft also released desktop applications for Microsoft Windows (Vista and later) and OS X (Lion and later) that allow users to synchronize their entire SkyDrive storage with their computers for offline access, and synchronization of files and folders between multiple computers. The SkyDrive desktop client for Microsoft Windows allows users to "fetch" the contents of their PCs via the web browser, provided the user enabled this option; OS X users can fetch from a PC, but not vice versa.

In addition to the mentioned client apps, SkyDrive.com integrates with Microsoft Office 2010 or later, as well as the Office and Photos hub in Windows Phone, enabling users to access documents, access photos and videos stored on their SkyDrive. Microsoft has also launched a SkyDrive API, which developers can use to integrate SkyDrive into their own applications. Microsoft has showcased almost a dozen of such third party apps.