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title: "Attach a OneDrive file to Outlook email"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/26246578255/Attach%20a%20OneDrive%20file%20to%20Outlook%20email"
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UConn faculty and staff may attach their OneDrive files to outgoing Outlooks emails. This method is akin to the well-known method of attaching a file to an email.

> ✅ ITS recommends that you instead use the **Share link** option by following this guide: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26225868812](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26225868812) 
> ✅ 
> ✅ The method of sharing in the <u>guide linked above</u> generates a <u>link</u> to the item, it does not send the recipient(s) the file itself. Creating a link ensure the file remains encrypted; the recipient will need to sign into their Microsoft account in order to view/edit the item. When the user opens the file, you are both editing the *same *file while changes are saved to a single file on your OneDrive. If you are working on the file at the same time, you will see updates by each user as they are typed.

> 📝 The method shown on <u>this guide</u> will send an unencrypted version of your OneDrive item.
> 📝 
> 📝 This file will be separated from your OneDrive; any updates made to the attached file will <u>not</u> be reflected in your file in OneDrive. This method uses no more security than a regular, secure Outlook email.

## To send the OneDrive file as an attachment

1. Open the **Outlook **application on your computer.
2. Click **New Email.**
3. Compose your email as you normally would.
4. Select the **Insert** tab.
5. Click **Attach File**.
6. Click **Browse Web Locations**.
7. **Select OneDrive - University of Connecticut.**
8. Wait a second for a popup window to appear.
9. In the popup window, find the file you wish to share and select it by clicking on the file once and then clicking on **Open**.
10. Click** Insert.**
11. Choose **Attach as a copy **to send a discrete copy of the file.
12. Send the email.