Microsoft Whiteboard automatically saves the board or canvas after the session or meeting is over while the board has to be saved manually by the users in Mural. Microsoft Whiteboard is used by companies of various sizes and remote teams while Mural is used by educators, students, facilitators, and consultants.
Currently, all whiteboards are automatically and securely saved in Microsoft Azure. For more details, reference the blog post Microsoft Whiteboard moves its storage to One. Drive for Business. Thus, you should soon see that the person who creates a new whiteboard is its owner and the file is in that user’s One, and drive account.
Where is my Microsoft whiteboard content stored?
Microsoft Whiteboard now automatically stores all whiteboard content in a regional datacenter for customers located in Europe, for all content created as of June 4, 2019. Previously created whiteboards will be migrated over the next few months. No action is required.
The Whiteboard Preview app that is available from the Store saved the app data in Azure linked to your tenant. Currently the data is stored in the United States, but will expand to other regions when the app goes into production.
Where does the surface whiteboard store its data?
The current Whiteboard app (that comes with Surface Hub) stores whiteboard data in the user’s One. Drive for Business storage. As such it’s subject to any tenant region storage controls.
How do I save a whiteboard as a file?
Open the Save File dialog by doing one of the following: From the File menu, select Save and then choose Whiteboard. The Select Screens dialog box appears. Choose whether you want to save all the screens in the Current Screen Group, only the Current Screen or Selected Screens.
Then, why are my Whiteboard screens saved as an image file?
One answer is that when Whiteboard screens are saved as Image files (.png), they are saved as separate images and can be loaded individually onto the Whiteboard as images or used in any other image processing application. This entry was posted in Whiteboard. Bookmark the permalink .
Apart from saving whiteboards to your Microsoft accounts (happens automatically), you can even save it as a PNG or SVG file. However, it’s a manual process, and you need to use the Export option. For that, click/tap on the three-bar icon at the top and select Export followed by image type (PNG or SVG).
How do I save multiple Whiteboard screens in Blackboard?
Use Shift or Control to select multiple screens. Then click OK. You can save the Whiteboard screens in the following formats: When Whiteboard screens are saved as a Whiteboard file (.wbd), they are saved as one file that can only be imported and reviewed in an Blackboard Collaborate session.