OneDrive vs. Sharepoint - URL Structure

Here is the main difference between the two links:

• A SharePoint link will always have /site/ near the beginning of the URL.
  • For example, https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.
• A OneDrive link will have a my.sharepoint.com near the beginning of its link.
  • For example, https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/.

OneDrive

Now that we can tell the difference between the two, here is how to read the URLs:

• OneDrive links are the easiest to read because they tend to be relatively short.
  • For example, https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/(users netid)_utdallas_edu/ 
    • This part of the URL tells you whose OneDrive account it is.
• The end of the URL will tell you the file or folder location.
  • For example,​​ personal%2F{NetID}%5Futdallas%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FRecordings can be translated to personal/NetID/documents/recordings
• OneDrive link: https://cometmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/(users netid)_utdallas_edu/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2F{NetID}%5Futdallas%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FRecordings

SharePoint

Now that we can read a OneDrive URL, lets apply the same to the SharePoint URL:

• The first half of the SharePoint link shows the site's name.
  For example, https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269.
• The end of the URL is just like the OneDrive URL, where it shows you the file or folder path.
  For example, wid=61dac970%2Dce61%2D4716%2Da94f%2D9096dea43e1b&id=%2Fsites%2FTestteam269%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2FRecordings  translates to site/testteam269/documents/general/recordings.
• SharePoint link: https://cometmail.sharepoint.com/sites/Testteam269/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?viewid=61dac970%2Dce61%2D4716%2Da94f%2D9096dea43e1b&id=%2Fsites%2FTestteam269%2FShared%20Documents%2FGeneral%2FRecordings