You work in the field and require access via mobile devices.In this case, you will need OneDrive and SharePoint apps so you can take advantage of not just documents but also other elements of the site. Lastly, if you are mostly working from the field, you might need to access files and folders via mobile apps. Do not need to access any other elements/web parts stored on a SharePoint site.You are comfortable working out of your OneDrive.I documented this feature in this blog post. While primarily OneDrive is used as a personal file storage space in the cloud, it also allows users to access Shared Libraries (which in pure English means document libraries on SharePoint sites). You can also access all the documents stored on SharePoint sites via your OneDrive for Business web interface. When you do not have metadata in your document library (since the custom metadata/columns do not copy over to a computer).When you need to access documents offline (without an internet connection).

You work a lot with documents and need to navigate and reorganize them via Windows Explorer interface.This will allow you to access your documents in a very familiar interface (via Windows Explorer). You can also access documents just by synchronizing them to your computer via OneDrive sync. Option 3: Windows Explorer (via OneDrive sync) You do not have many other elements or web parts to access on a SharePoint site.Your primary way of communication is MS Teams.If you do have other elements/libraries on a site, you can link them up as tabs from Team channels as well. Instead, you can access the document library via the Files Tab in a MS Team channel. If your preferred method of collaboration is Microsoft Teams, then you might not go to the site directly at all. You have workflows you need to start from the SharePoint site.When you have metadata and need to sort/group/filter the documents.You have other web parts/elements on a SharePoint site.

You might use that option if you have an Intranet hub built with navigation that allows you access and navigate around all the sites created in your environment. The natural option is to access documents via the web interface, by going directly to a SharePoint site.

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