Williams offers shared department network drives that are accessed from either your File Explorer (for Windows) or Finder (for Mac) . The data on these network drives are not stored on your computer. Each department has a shared drive that is accessible by members of that department. That means anything stored in the network drive is automatically shared with others in that department. This is ideal for on-campus faculty and staff collaboration.
Google Drive or Network Drive? In general, OIT recommends that you use Google Drive for sharing and collaborating on simple files. Some files contain information that should be protected from exposure and are required to stay off the cloud. Please consult the OIT Data Classification Policy and Usage Guidelines and your department to ask about sharing conventions within your specific department.
Connect to a Network Drive
There are some instances where access to another department’s drive is granted to an individual and the drive mapping needs to be done manually. Choose your OS for directions:
NOTE: If you are off campus you will need to make a VPN connection before connecting to a network drive.
Department Network Drive list
College network file servers have changed from Novell to Microsoft a number of years ago. The overall naming convention also changed from personal names (e.g. Hector) to a basic numbering scheme (e.g. Files2). See below for your departments drive listing