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UConn Anyware provides UConn students, faculty, and staff access to a virtual Windows 10 desktop through Citrix Workspace. These desktops have University university-licensed software installed on them, including the Microsoft Office 365 suite, AutoCAD, and MATLAB.

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These instructions are made intended for users accessing Anyware through the Citrix Workspace application. To install Citrix Workspace see Installing Citrix Workspace.

Clipboard

Using Anyware, you can easily copy and paste files and text between the desktop and your computer .

File Transfer

Your P and Q drive(s) are mapped automatically to Anyware. The P drive is a deprecated service and will eventually be unavailable as an option. For more information please refer to this Knowledge Base Article. Therefore, files stored on these drives should be accessible directly through Anyware without the need to transfer them from your local computerusing the built-in keyboard shortcuts for copy/paste (Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V in Windows, +C/+V in macOS).

Connected drives

You can use connected local drives in Anyware when accessed via Citrix Workspace.

Connected drives are only supported on Windows computers.

  1. Open up File Explorer on the Anyware desktop.

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  1. Under This PC, look for the hard drive or flash drive that is connected to your local computer.

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  1. Find the needed file on your drive. You can open it in Anyware directly from your local drive or by copying it to your

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  1. Q: drive.

Note

Data stored directly on the Anyware machine may be erased. We recommend saving files to a network drive or a cloud file service such as OneDrive or Google Drive.

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