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Network File Storage (Group)

Network File Storage (Group)

Jul 30, 2020

Groupfiles: department shares (\\groupfiles.willamette.edu\dept)

Every campus department (administrative & academic) has a shared department drive. This is a space to store and collaborate with co-workers and other people across campus. Many departments heavily use this storage system for all of their mission-critical work files.

  • Space: 20GB of space are allotted to each department share.
    • Instructions for checking available space on your department share -TBA
  • Connecting On-Campus: Groupfiles department share mapping
  • Connecting Off-Campus: None of the Groupfiles Shares are available off campus


Membership:

  • Most department shares are populated automatically with department members. If other membership is required (i.e. adding non department members) please submit a WITS Service Request with the following information:
    1. Designation whether people are to be ADDED or REMOVED
    2. The Willamette Usernames of the people to be added/removed
    3. If multiple people are being added/removed please separate the groups by ADD and REMOVE
    4. List the usernames only and separate each with a ';'
  • Special Folders:
    • IN and OUT folders are automatically created for each department.
    • Restricted & Expanded folders can be created by request - TBA
  • Transition to Groupfiles FAQ

Groupfiles: workspace (\\groupfiles.willamette.edu\workspace)

There are other specific network shares created to support coursework, provide access to specialized softer, or other academic needs.

  • Connecting On-Campus: Workspace share mapping
  • Connecting Off-Campus: None of the Workspace shares are available off campus
  • Membership: Staff members who are also members of the workspace share can request membership additions/removal. Please submit a WITS Service Request with the following information:
    1. Designation whether people are to be ADDED or REMOVED
    2. The Willamette Usernames of the people to be added/removed
    3. If multiple people are being added/removed please separate the groups by ADD and REMOVE
    4. List the usernames only and separate each with a ';'
    • EX: "Please make the following membership changes to WITS-WORKSPACE: ADD- mjones; rminato; jdmiller REMOVE- jballing; khouse"