Open SharePoint in a Browser

Owned by Dan Jakubiak
Last updated: Aug 18, 2023
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SharePoint is a cloud-hosted file storage solution that also supports collaboration (e.g., sharing documents, simultaneous editing). When you save files to SharePoint, your team can access them on any device with an internet connection.

Your entire SharePoint can be accessed through a web browser. This is useful if you are on a computer that you do not own (a public computer), you don’t want to sync to, or if you’re on a Chromebook (or other Linux device).
If you’re not on your own computer, remember to sign out when done!

Accessing the SharePoint Website

  1. Navigate to http://s.uconn.edu/onedrive and sign in with your UConn email address and NetID password.

  2. Click on My files in the left-hand menu.

  3. Open the linked SharePoint folder. This folder will have a chain link icon to let you know it is a link to another space.

    1. If your SharePoint folder is not linked, follow this guide: Access a SharePoint site

  4. Looking at your files and folders, click on the context menu (three vertical dots) to see all your options.

This guide shows you how to access your SharePoint files through OneDrive. you may also visit s.uconn.edu/sharepoint to view the SharePoint site itself. This is useful for advanced functions.

Many file types can be opened from within this website. Microsoft365 files will open the web-version of their editor (example: .doc file opening the web-version of Word). This means Microsoft365 does not need to installed on the computer. Click on a file and give it a try!

 

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