Audience: Faculty, staff
Introduction
After you establish a connection via the virtual private network (VPN) on your remote computer, you can map to your drives to access your UM resources on the on-premise network. Learn how to map your drives in Windows after logging on to the VPN client software.
Find "Map Network Drive"
- Open File Explorer.
- Select This PC from the left pane. Then, on the Computer tab, select Map network drive.
To map your shared drive
- In the Map Network Drive window, select the drive letter S.
- Type \\ad.umanitoba.ca\<your faculty or department>\shared (i.e., nursing or education) in the folder field, then click Finish.
- Next, type ad\<your UMNetID>.
- Then type in your UM password.
- Select Remember my credentials.
- Click OK.
Your Shared drive is now mapped!
To map your H:\drive
- Select the drive letter H
- Type \\ad.umanitoba.ca\home\<your UMNetID> in the folder field, then press Finish.
- Next, type ad\<your UMNetID>.
- Then type in your UM password.
- Select Remember my credentials.
- Click OK.
Your Home drive is now mapped. You can now open/create/modify documents directly from your shared and home drive without having to download or upload content.
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Nicole
Do you have these instructions for a MAC?
Thanks
Ghislaine Alleyne
@Nicole Yes, the instructions for Mac are located here: https://ithelp.umanitoba.ca/a/1636443-using-smb-to-mount-to-active-directory-staff-only-macos