IT encourages employees to store use OneDrive for all work documents.

Department Shared Drives

Shared Drives, or Department Drives, are shared network drives enable departments to have shared access to documents.

This can also be accomplished by using a private Teams group with members of the department.

The file-department drives are being phased out: https://northpark.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ITKB/pages/8759934983

Shared drives are only accessible from the on campus or while using the VPN.

Windows 10

To mount a shared drive on your Windows machine:

1. Start Menu -> File Explorer (the picture of a folder on the left, above the settings wheel)

2. Select "This PC" on the left-hand side.

3. At the top, choose "Computer" then choose "Map network drive".

4. Select a Drive letter that you want to use. I'd select something "middle of the alphabet": "M" would be good.

5. Type "\\file-department\SpecificDriveName$"

   1. Without the quotes and it is case sensitive

   2. The naming convention may change with some special drives on campus. Check with IT for permissions.

6. Check the box "Reconnect at logon"

 The shared drive will now be mounted and will be there even after a reboot.

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Apple

1. Go to the "Connect to Server" prompt.
   
   

   1. Choose the Finder

   2. Click "Go" and then "Connect to Server"

   3. You can also hit keyboard shortcut: "⌘ K" "Command K" on the keyboard.
      
      

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2. Enter the file path in to the "Server Address:" field

   1. Use this convention: "smb://file-department/sharedexample$"
      
      

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3. Hit the "+" icon next to the entry field to save it to "Favorite Servers."

4. Once all the necessary shared drive(s) have been added, select the desired shared drive and hit connect on the bottom right to connect to the shared drive.
   
   

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