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OneDrive for US government environments

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This article provides an overview of feature differences between the US government cloud and the commercial cloud as listed in the OneDrive service description. OneDrive is available for the Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High, and DoD environments.

For more info about the government cloud, including eligibility and purchasing, see Microsoft 365 Government - how to buy. To compare Office 365 Government plans, see Office 365 Government plans.

To learn about required endpoints when managing network connectivity, see the Office 365 U.S. Government GCC High endpoints or Office 365 U.S. Government DoD endpoints.

In addition to enjoying the features and capabilities of Office 365, organizations benefit from the following features that are unique to the US government cloud environments:

  • Your organization’s customer content is logically segregated from customer content in the commercial Office 365 services from Microsoft.
  • Your organization’s customer content is stored within the United States.
  • Access to your organization’s customer content is restricted to screened Microsoft personnel.
  • The government cloud environments comply with certifications and accreditations that are required for US Public Sector customers.

It's our goal to deliver all OneDrive commercial features and functionality to the government cloud environments. Some features aren't available because of the requirements of government cloud customers. Other features are coming to the government environments, but not yet available. Refer to the following sections to learn about feature availability in the government cloud environments.

Sharing features

For feature differences between the commercial cloud and the government cloud environments, see File sharing.

Web features

Here are the differences between the web features for commercial customers and those for government cloud customers:

  • File cards are not available in the GCC High and DoD environments
  • SharePoint library access ("Shared libraries" in the navigation pane) is not available in the GCC High and DoD environments

Mobile features

Here are the differences between the mobile features for commercial customers and those for government cloud customers:

  • The Windows 10 app for XBox One, HoloLens, Surface Hub, and tablets is not available for the government environments (GCC, GCC High, and DoD).

Sync features

Here are the differences between the sync features for commercial customers and those for government cloud customers:

  • If you use B2B Sync, you might not be able to sync files from an organization in a different environment.

Security, compliance, and administration features

For feature differences between the commercial cloud and the government cloud environments, see SharePoint for US government environments