Can You Link Box and OneDrive?

Box is a file-sharing as well as a cloud-based management service platform. It integrates with more than 1000 apps, but its price is higher, and it is mainly used for business purposes.

OneDrive, released by Microsoft, is trusted by millions of people for both business and personal use. OneDrive is the files hub in Microsoft 365 and offers 5GB of free cloud storage for you to save pictures, documents, videos, and all kinds of files.

How can you backup Box to OneDrive? For various needs such as file transfer, data backup, etc., you may need to connect Box files to OneDrive. In this article, we will guide you with free and elite ways to transfer files from Box to OneDrive with traditional ways and using a Box migration tool.

Backup Box Files to OneDrive by downloading and uploading

The most traditional way to transfer Box to OneDrive is to download Box files and then upload them to OneDrive. This transfer process is simple, but it is not a recommended way if you need to backup large folders or a large number of files. This is because downloading and uploading files can take a lot of time and effort.

Next, let’s see how to backup Box to OneDrive by downloading and uploading:

Step 1. Visit the Box website, and log in with your account.

Step 2. Select the file or folder, then right-click them to choose Download. You can press Shift and click on multiple items to select them, and download them simultaneously (they will be downloaded as a ZIP file, and you should unzip it before uploading to OneDrive).

Step 3. Go to the OneDrive web page, and sign in.

Step 4. Click Upload, choose Files or Folder to add the downloaded Box stuff, and click Upload.

Sync Box with OneDrive using Power Automate

Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow) is a business process automation tool released by Microsoft. With this tool, you can link different data systems and transfer files between them easily. For example, you can transfer files from one OneDrive account to another.

But it should be noted that the complex workflow of Power Automate may affect the performance of the program, and you can only save workflow instances for 30 days, which may not be enough for most people. Here is how to move files from Box to OneDrive:

Step 1. Navigate to Microsoft Power Automate and sign in.

Step 2. Click Templates on the left, search for “Box to OneDrive” in the Search templates box, and choose “Add files to OneDrive for Business, when they're added to Box.”

Step 3. Tap “Sign in” to give it permission to access your OneDrive for business and Box accounts. Then, click on “Continue”.

Step 4. Select the folder path in Box as the sync source and choose a folder path in OneDrive. Tap on “Save flow”.

Step 5. When the Your flow is ready to go. We recommend you test it message flies out, click Test. Then, follow the on-screen guide to choose to test the process manually or automatically.

Step 6. Add files to Box to see if the workflow works. If things go well, the Status of the syncing Box to OneDrive process will show as Succeeded.

An Easier Way to Backup Box to OneDrive

If you want to backup Box to OneDrive without downloading and uploading and in an easier and more direct way, you can try the cloud to cloud backup tool - MultCloud. Its “Cloud Backup” function lets you move files between cloud storage seamlessly and automatically.

Besides, it also offers Cloud Transfer, Cloud Sync, Cloud Transfer, Remote Upload, and more features. This service supports Box, OneDrive, Google Drive, Google Photos, MEGA, and other 30+ cloud drives. Follow the tutorial below to backup Box files to OneDrive conveniently and quickly.

Step 1. Create a MultCloud account for free. Or, you could log in with your Facebook account or Google account directly.

Step 2. Click Add Cloud, and add Box and OneDrive to this tool by signing in and finishing the authorization.

Step 3. Go to the Cloud Backup tab, choose Box files to backup, and select OneDrive as destination cloud directory.

Step 4. Finally, press Backup Now to backup Box to OneDrive.

Bonus Tip: Easiest Way to Increase OneDrive Storage for Free

There is no doubt that backing up Box to OneDrive will use up of OneDrive cloud storage quickly. If you want to increase OneDrive space without paying anything, you can use CBackup to merge clouds for free.

CBackup is a cloud backup utility that can help you sync/backup files to OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, CBackup Cloud, and more. It has the ability to combine OneDrive accounts, Google Drive accounts, and Dropbox accounts together.

Step 1. Download and install CBackup. Sign up for a free account, and sign in.

Step 2. Click Storage > OneDrive > Authorize Now to grant CBackup access to your cloud storage. Then, please click + Add Cloud to add all your cloud accounts to it.

Step 3. Click + Add Combined Cloud under the Storage tab.

Step 4. Tick all the cloud storage accounts that you want to combine, and tap Next > Combine.

Then, you can use the combined cloud to backup local files (click Backup > Backup PC to Combined Cloud) and backup clouds (click Backup > Backup Public Cloud to Combined Cloud).

Conclusion

After reading this post, we believe you already know how to backup Box to OneDrive. Compared to downloading and uploading and using Power Automate, utilizing MultCloud is much easier. And it allows you to backup OneDrive to Box and backup Box to other clouds effortlessly.

When your OneDrive cloud space is occupied by all kinds of files, you can apply CBackup to combine cloud accounts and gain unlimited OneDrive storage free of charge.