Enterprise File Services

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.

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.

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.

P: Drive

In August 2022, the P: drive was retired. All users who had active NetIDs during the retirement had their data migrated to their OneDrive accounts in a folder named “PDrive”. Users who believe they are missing data from the migration should reach out to the Technology Support Center.

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.