In this guide, you will find instructions about connecting a network drive.

You can store Your documents on a personal or a department networks share. Access to network shares is restricted with a password and backups are made once every 24 hours.

A personal network share is named and is connected automatically when logging in to a domain computer. The personal network share is marked as disk H:. A department network share is usually named after the department.

Access to network shares is restricted to the internal network of the university. You can access the network shares using VPN when away from the campus.

Windows

1. Open File Explorer (to open, click Windows key + E or click the folder icon on your taskbar).
   

2. Right-click on This PC and click the Map network drive button..
   
   

   1. As an alternative, click See more (three dots ...) → Map network drive.
      
      
3. Fill it as follows::
   1. Drive: lets you designate a letter for the network drive. You can choose another drive letter, but it is not necessary to change it.
   2. Folder: refers to the location of the network drive on the server.
      Example: \\servername\foldername
      

   3. Check Reconnect at sign-in, otherwise the drive won't be reattached when you restart your computer and the whole process will have to be repeated.

   4. After filling in the cells, press the Finish button to connect.
      After clicking the button, you may be asked for a username and password. The characteristics are the same as in the university's other systems, i.e. the so-called e-mail ones.
      NB! Write your username in the form of domenis\username.

Also check Structural table.

MacOS

1. To add a network drive to MacOS, open Finder → click Go and select Connect to Server...
   
2. FIll the Server Address  field→ click the Connect button.
   
   
3. The username and password is the same as in other UT services.
   NB! Username has to be in the format DOMENIS\username
   
4. Select the appropriate network drive to connect to. Typically, the name of the network drive is either your structural unit identifier or your personal user ID.
   

Linux

1. Open File Manager and type:
   
   smb:// and network drive name
   
2. Find the desired folder and open it. In the login window that appears, fill in the fields as follows:
   1. Connect As: select Registered User
   2. Username: enter your UT username (in the format martinra)
   3. Domain: enter "domenis"
   4. Password: enter your UT password 
   5. Select Remember password until you logut
      

      If you use a secure password to log in to your Linux device, you can also select the Remember forever option.

   6. To connect, click the Connect button at the top right of the window.
      
3. The connection has been successfully established.
   

Accessing network drive outside of UT's network

UT's network shares are accessible outside of UT's network i.e. home network. For that, VPN connection must be used.

VPN connection provides you access to use internal UT services like accessing network shares or printing.

Instructions on setting up VPN are found here: Setting up VPN