{"id":8414,"date":"2018-03-15T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.helpline.w3.uvm.edu\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=8414"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:40:52","slug":"accessing-network-folders","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/article\/accessing-network-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing Network Folders"},"content":{"rendered":"

UVM Enterprise Technology Services maintains several services for file storage. Among these are the Zoo Unix environment, available to students and employees, as well as a Windows Shared Drive service hosted on Windows servers and integrated with the CAMPUS Active Directory domain. There are several other more specialized storage services, such as Netfiles Research Storage<\/a> and UVM’s Silk Web Hosting<\/a>. UVM also offers up to a terabyte of OneDrive cloud storage<\/a> to active students, staff, and faculty, as well as 100GB to retired staff and faculty.<\/p>\n \t\t

\r\n \t\t\tNot sure how to store your data? <\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe right solution depends on what kind of data you’re storing and how it is used. If you’re not sure which solution to use, submit a help request<\/a>! \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

Access from the Web\u00a0<\/i><\/h2>\n \t\t
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WebFiles<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \t\t\t
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\n \t\t\t\t\tConsult your ad blocker’s documentation on how to “allowlist” or “trust” the webfiles.uvm.edu<\/a> page, temporarily disable your ad blocker, or switch to another browser that doesn’t have an ad blocker installed. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Webfiles is available to current students, faculty, and staff, and allows you to access your Shared Drive and Zoo Drive files from the web. Webfiles requires Duo, but a VPN connection is not<\/strong> required.<\/p>\n

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  1. Visit https:\/\/webfiles.uvm.edu<\/a>, and sign in with your NetID and password.\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Proceed through the Duo MFA prompt.\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Your network folders will appear in the left pane of the browser.\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Shared Drive<\/h2>\n \t\t
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    Windows 10<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \t\t\t
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    \n \t\t\tShared Drive Folder Access is Provisioned<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n \t\t\t\t\tYour supervisor can email helpline@uvm.edu<\/a> to request access to departmental shared folders on your behalf. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    \n \t\t\tMapping Network Folders Requires VPN<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

    \n \t\t\t\t\tYou must use the Cisco Secure Client VPN app<\/a> when mapping Network Folders from Off-Campus<\/strong>. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    1. Press the\u00a0<\/i> + E<\/strong> keys on your keyboard to open the File Explorer.<\/li>\n
    2. Select\u00a0This PC <\/strong>and go to the Computer<\/strong> tab, and then select Map network drive<\/strong> from the toolbar that appears.
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    3. Select an available drive letter from the drop-down menu, and then enter the following folder address: \\\\files.uvm.edu\\shared<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Make sure that both “Reconnect at sign-in” and “Connect using different credentials” are checked, and then click Finish<\/strong> to bring up a prompt to enter your credentials.<\/li>\n
    5. You’ll be prompted for your credentials – pay special attention to the username format, being sure to include\u00a0CAMPUS\\<\/strong> before your NetID.\n