File Storage

Box DropBox Google Wiki Self-Service File-Server N-Drive Map-A-Drive

HWS provides multiple ways for students, faculty, and staff to store and collaborate on files.

Box: A secure, self-managed, collaborative space for sharing files, communicating on discussion boards, and to jointly view and edit documents.
Microsoft OneDrive: A secure, cloud based file storage solution for collaboratively sharing files and synchronously editing documents
M: drive: This folder is typically used to store personal files for faculty, staff, and students. To directly access this folder, users can direct their file manager to \\fsrv\username$.
N: drive: Folders located in this location on the file server contain many subfolders for course, department, and work group file sharing. To directly access this folder, users can direct the file manager to \\fsrv\pccommon.

	Box	OneDrive	M drive and N drive
Storage	Unlimited	Unlimited	20GB
Accessible by non-HWS users	Yes	Yes	No; HWS account required to access files
Internet-based Storage	Yes	Yes	No; requires HWS network access or VPN
Mapped to your computer	Box Drive allows for access via Windows Explorer or Finder.	Personal folder access is automatically mapped to your computer	Folder(s) can be mapped to a drive letter (Windows) or mounted (OSX)
Restoring Versions	Yes; every saved version of a file can be restored	Previous versions can be restored if the changes were autosaved rather than manually saved	Files can be restored from latest scheduled snapshot (7 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., etc.), so recent changes can be lost or overwritten
Access Control	Users can make changes to file/folder access options.	Users and IT Services can make changes to file/folder access options.	Only IT Services can make changes to file/folder access options. Changes must be requested via service request to the Help Desk.

All HWS users have access to all of the above services using their HWS credentials.

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