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UConn faculty, staff, and students may access SharePoint sites using different methods. This guide will present the different methods and explain their differences.

Note

When students graduate or when faculty/staff separate from the organization, they will lose access to their SharePoint sites.

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Adding a shortcut to your SharePoint in OneDrive is a set-it and forget-it method that ITS recommends. There will be a link to your SharePoint within your OneDrive; this means every computer you link to your OneDrive will also be linked to your SharePoint sites.

This process must be repeated for every SharePoint site however it will propagate to every computer you are signed into.

Link SharePoint to OneDrive

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This method is required if you wish to connect to a SharePoint site hosted by another university or company. The SharePoint website has a “sync” button that connects your computer to your SharePoint site. “Syncing” in this context will have your SharePoint files appear separately from your OneDrive files.

This process must be repeated for every SharePoint site on each of your computers.

Sync a SharePoint site

Installing OneDrive on your computer

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