# Invalid AuthID for onedrive

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/invalid-authid-for-onedrive/1625
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/invalid-authid-for-onedrive/1625 "2017-12-03T16:39:38Z")
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### Author: ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/invalid-authid-for-onedrive/1625/2 "2017-12-04T17:58:17Z")

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Hi, @peteg, welcome to the forum!

> [@peteg](#):
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> Generated AuthID for OneDrive always rejected as invalid.

I have a few questions to hopefully help us figure out what’s going on:

1. Can you post the actual error message from the Duplicati log?
2. Is this a new backup or on that previously worked then suddenly stopped working?
3. Is this OneDrive personal or business?
4. Did you follow the procedure shown here?

> [@Setting up OneDrive (personal)](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/setting-up-onedrive-personal/588):
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> Duplicati can back up your data to [Microsoft OneDrive](https://onedrive.live.com/). Note that this guide only works for personal OneDrive accounts, not for OneDrive for Business. To set it up, follow these steps: [Configure a new backup](https://www.duplicati.com/articles/Getting-Started/) One the connection options page choose “OneDrive” Enter the name of a folder where you want to store the backup. If the folder does not exist it will be created for you. Click the [AuthID](https://duplicati-oauth-handler.appspot.com) button to start the OneDrive authentication process. After clicking the link, you will be forwarded to …

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