First look at OneDrive's Personal Vault feature

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Microsoft revealed the new Personal Vault feature for its OneDrive storage solution in June 2019. The feature was made available to OneDrive users from Australia, New Zealand and Canada initially with the promise to roll out it to other regions in 2019.

Personal Vault adds storage space with an extra layer of security to OneDrive. Think of it as a safe inside OneDrive that requires an additional authentication step before its contents become accessible.

Personal Vault is added as a new icon on OneDrive. Microsoft notes that it is accessible on all OneDrive devices which means that you may use it on all of your devices that have OneDrive.

The first click displays information about the new feature.

The Personal Vault is protected by two-step verification and it locks automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.

You are asked to verify your identity when you click on the next button.

A click on Verify prompts for a two-step verification code that you need to enter. OneDrive users who don't have two-step verification enabled for the account need to set it up first to proceed.

The Personal Vault opens after successful verification; storage is empty on first start and Microsoft displays three helper widgets at the top that provide information, suggest file types that users may want to consider moving into the vault, and a move files action.

You may use the usual OneDrive controls to create, upload or move files.

Note: Non-Office 365 subscribers may store up to three files in the Personal Vault. There is no file limit for Office 365 subscribers. One option to go around the limit is to use archives instead of individual files. It is not super-practical on the other hand as you'd limit accessibility in doing so.
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