UConn faculty, staff, and students may sync their SharePoint sites to their computer. Syncing a site places your shared files directly in your File Explorer (Windows) and Finder (macOS) so you do not need to use the website.
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When students graduate or when faculty/staff separate from the organization, they will lose access to their SharePoint sites. |
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Log in to your computer.
Windows: From your desktop, open File Explorer by clicking the icon, using the keyboard shortcut (Windows Key + E), or searching for it in the Start menu.
macOS: Open Finder by clicking on the icon or by pressing Command + Spacebar on your keyboard and searching for Finder.
Click on the institution’s name (or “University of Connecticut”in the screenshot below, the institution is University of Connecticut) in the left-hand menu.
To differentiate between the two locations, your personal OneDrive and your SharePoint sites, your Personal OneDrive will show your name as a prefix.
You will now see a list of the SharePoint sites you have synced to your computer.
Open this folder and access your SharePoint files as if they were on your computer.
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