“If you don’t save your data to someone else’s computer then we can’t monetize it.”
I know they’re not explicitly selling SkyDrive or OneDrive or whatever it’s called now, but they kinda are.
What’s funny is, this file is stored in an encrypted container that does live in the cloud. 😄
Edit: Thanks to user @NoneYa@lemm.ee I now know about F12 in Office applications to bring up the “classic” Save As… dialog. Today I learned!
Sounds like your IT team messed up the setup. In their defense, Microsoft doesn’t make it easy to set it up well.
A “good” setup hides all this shit from the end user. All your “library” folders (Documents, Desktop, Pictures, etc) can be invisibly made into OneDrive folders. Still save your shit where you normally do, navigate in the file manager like you normally do, no lag for changes you do locally to show locally, minor lag (like 1-2 minutes) for changes to propagate to OneDrive itself (and other machines you are currently logged into). Just now everything is backed up to the cloud.