Enterprise File Services (EFS) is a system designed for secure computer file storage and online file sharing for faculty and staff. Enterprise File Services has two separate and distinct parts: departmental file storage (Q: drive) and research drives (R: drive). You can map to these drives on your workstation and save, copy, or move documents to the mapped EFS drive – just like any other drive. Files are backed up nightly and secured by the University's firewalls.
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University computers supported by ITS can access the Q: and R: drives while off-campus. |
Q: Drive
Faculty, staff, and student employees may be granted access to a shared directory to store files accessible to the group. The files on the Q: drive persist even if one person with access leaves the University.
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R: Drive
Researchers may have access to a shared directory to store files expressly for research. The files on the R: drive persist even if one person with access leaves the University.
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Prior to its retirement, all faculty, staff, and students received a P: drive to store University files that were intended for individual use. When you are no longer affiliated with the University, these files are deleted. These drives allowed for 75 gigabytes (GB) maximum of University-related files and were for individual use only. The functionality of the P: drive has been replaced with Microsoft OneDrive.