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Nextcloud is a cloud based service provided by the University of Tartu for sharing files and documents between people and different devices.

The difference between Nextcloud and other cloud based file sharing services (i.e Dropbox, Google Drive) is that the files are stored on the University of Tartu servers.

Every user is provided with 50 GB of cloud storage.

Nextcloud is used as a desktop application and Owncloud is used online.
  1. Go to https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients, select Download for desktop and click the Windows 10 64 bit button.
  2. Run the installer and install the software with default settings.
  3. If computer asks for a restart, click Yes.
  1. Open the Nextcloud client application.
  2. Click Log in to your Nextcloud.
  3. In the server address field, enter the following link and and click Next.

    https://owncloud.ut.ee/owncloud

  4. When prompted for a username/password, enter your UT credentials in the (username format: Martin Raamat → martinra) and click Log in.
  5. Click Grant access.
  6. Press Connect and your Nextcloud client is ready to use.
    • By default files are uploaded to the cloud and when opening the file it will be download (saves space on the computer).
  1. Go to https://owncloud.ut.ee.
  2. When prompted for a username/password, enter your UT credentials in the (username format: Martin Raamat → martinra) and click Log in.
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