Using Home and Department Shares Remotely on a Windows Laptop - %short_descr

Using Home and Department Shares Remotely on a Windows Laptop  KB0016629

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This document is intended to instruct end users on how to connect to both Home and Department network share drives when not physically on campus.  

 

 

 

Information

When working remotely on a Managed laptop, your mapped network drives ("B" and "S" drives) will not automatically be mapped.  The reason for this is to help avoid performance issues when your computer tries to connect to those drives before you're connected to the VPN.

Use the below steps to gain access to your Home and Department Shares on a Windows laptop.

 

Step 1:  Connect to the VPN

Follow these steps to connect to the NCSU VPN:  NCSU VPN instructions

 

Step 2:  Open File Explorer

On your taskbar at the bottom of your screen, you should see a yellow folder.  Click on that folder to open File Explorer.  You may also click your Start button and type File Explorer

In the left-hand pane, click on This PC.

In the right-hand pane, you will find top-level Department Shares that you have been given access to and your Home Directory.

In the example below, the right-hand yellow folder is my Home Directory, the middle folder is my Department Share, and the left-hand folder has all the other Department Shares that I have access to, that are not my own department.  If you have access to only one Department Share, you may not see the left-hand folder.

laptop shared drives

For more information about mapped drives, please click here: Using your NCSU Drive space with a PC

 

 

 

 

Escalation

 

Any questions on process or content contained in this document should be escalated through the NCSU Help desk and a have an incident assigned to the OIT_DESKTOP_SUPPORT team. 

 

 

Related Documentation

 

https://ncsu.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&sys_id=73c7e352db5844d084129ac5db9619fe

https://oit.ncsu.edu/file-space/ncsu-drive/ncsu-drive-pc/

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Using Home and Department Shares Remotely on a Windows Laptop

Service: Network & Connectivity Management

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Assignment Group(s): OIT_DESKTOP_SUPPORT

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