Microsoft has suddenly pulled a feature from OneDrive that lets users upload files to the cloud storage service directly from a URL.
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The feature appeared as a preview in 2021 and was intended for scenarios "where the file content is unavailable or expensive to transfer," according to Microsoft.
It was especially useful for mobile users, for whom it can be expensive to upload files directly through their apps. Much better to simply point OneDrive at a given URL and let it handle the upload itself.
However, the experimental feature never made it past the consumer version of OneDrive. It also didn't fit with Microsoft's "vision for OneDrive as a cloud storage service that syncs your files across devices."
