Accessing Data Anywhere

Working with skydrive

Step 1: Configure the skydrive

We need to follow these steps to configure SkyDrive application

1. Press the Windows key.

2. Click the SkyDrive  tile.

3. After a few moments, the Sign in with a Microsoft account screen is displayed.

4. Type the Microsoft account id, in the Email address text box.

5. Type the password,  in the Password text box.

6. Click the Sign in button. After a few moments, the home screen of the

account is displayed.

7. Press the Windows key.

8. Click the Desktop tile to view the Desktop.

9. Click the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar.

10. Select the Documents node from the left pane.

11. Click the Home tab.

12. Click the New Folder button from the New group.

13. Type Your Docs, and then press the Enter key.

14. Double-click the Your Docs folder.

15. Click the Home tab.

16. Click the New item drop-down list, and then select Text Document.

17. Type schedule, and then press the Enter key.

18. Double-click the schedule text document, and then type the following lines:

Monday: New Town Hall`

Time: 14:00

Person to meet: Mark Peter

19. Press the Ctrl+S keys.

20. Close the schedule-Notepad window.

21. Close the Your Docs window.

22. Press the Windows key.

23. Click the SkyDrive tile.

24. Click the Documents tile.

25. Right-click anywhere on the empty screen, and then select Add from the contextual options

displayed at the bottom of the screen.

26. Click the your Docs tile.

27. Select the schedule text document, and then click the Add to SkyDrive button. After a few moments, the Documents folder on your SkyDrive is displayed.

28. Right-click anywhere on the empty screen to hide the contextual options.

29. Click the Back button at the top-left corner of the screen.

30. Close the your’s SkyDrive screen.

Step 2: Using the skydrive application

1. Open the Web browser.

2. Type www.hotmail.com in the address bar, and then press the Enter key. The home page of the Hotmail website is displayed.

3. Type the Microsoft id, such as someone@example.com in text box.

4. Type the password of your Microsoft Id, in the Password text box.

5. Click the Sign in button. After a few moments, the home page of your Microsoft account is displayed.

6. Click the SkyDrive link, which is at the top of the home page. The SkyDrive folder of your Microsoft account is displayed.

7. Click the Documents tile. Here, you can see that the file that you have created on your computer system is accessible from your Microsoft account, despite of the fact that which machine is being used by you.

8. Click the schedule text document. The contextual options are displayed at the bottom of the web browser.

9. Click the Save button. After a few moments, the file will get downloaded at your computer system. Once the file gets downloaded, the contextual options are displayed at the bottom of the Web browser.

10. Click the Open button. You can see the text of the document that you have entered in it.

11. Close the schedule text document.

12. Logout from your Microsoft account.

13. Press the Windows key.

14. Click the Internet Explorer tile.

15. Click the tile displaying the user at the top-right corner. A pop-up menu is displayed.

16. Select the Sign out option.

17. Close the Web browser