What is hotmail skydrive

Active 7 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 5k times. Is there a way to "cut out the middle man" and just attach the file directly from SkyDrive? Improve this question. Alex Doctor Jones Doctor Jones 1 1 silver badge 5 5 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You can't do this.

What you can do is share the document or file you would otherwise send as an attachment. Tick the checkbox next to the document filename Click the Share link on the sidebar From the Share dialog that pops up with various options, you can share directly with another person by emailing them. Or you can click Get a link and select one of the options available: View only View and edit Make it public!

Then include the link in the body of your email. Improve this answer. This at least cuts out the step of having to download the file as its already there.

In case regular attachments, the files are safe within the email and only bad guys who can break the security of Hotmail can get in to it. But in case of files shared through Hotmail-SkyDrive integration, anyone who can see the browsing history can get to those files. Public computers, browsing centers etc are typical examples were sensitive documents could be accessed by others who look at browsing history of others.

I have worked in large IT companies where only 1 or 2 computers are designated for accessing internet. So if we have to check an attachment shared through SkyDrive, all of them will go to the same computer in the office.

I often look at the browsing history to find a web page I just closed accidentally! Now, when I look at the browsing history in such computers, you could see the links to the confidential reports sent by the rest of the people in your company!

I can come up with several such examples to prove this security flaw. While SkyDrive is a great platform and I use it to share files, this article is specifically about the security flaw in SkyDrive-Hotmail integration. Why are you so against it though? It's a nice alternative to sending files back and forth.

The traditional attachment method will still exist, but in some cases hosting the files yourself so you can keep track of edits and whatnot. If you are sending a file to someone that you aren't going to utilize then the traditional attachment method makes more sense.

It is a free and great service for sharing documents. I will definitely utilize my free 25Gb quota to share files with others, but not through Hotmail. What I am pointing out here is the security flaw in using it as an alternative to email attachments.

Microsoft claims Attachments Suck and SkyDrive is the way to go. SkyDrive alternative is not as secure as Attachments when it is used from within Hotmail. I would use SkyDrive as a system to share files with others but will not use it from Hotmail due to the security flaw I talked in this article. Privacy and security are of major concerns while sending a file or while online sharing and collaboration and with these issues I don't think I would prefer my team using it.

Of late I've been looking for alternatives of some independent tools which doesn't really have problems like this o even like wise with Google docs with having a Gmail id mandatory for sending files online.

Waiting for this one. Has microsoft done anything yet to address the security concern you outline above. Mike, Microsoft has not done anything other than claiming this is not a security concern. We believe in providing quality content to our readers. If you have any questions or concerns regarding any content published here, feel free to contact us using the Contact link below.

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