Access SharePoint files
UConn faculty, staff, and students may access SharePoint sites using different methods. This guide will present the different methods and explain their differences.
When students graduate or when faculty/staff separate from the university, they will lose access to SharePoint and OneDrive.
A) Use the SharePoint website
The website gives you full access to your files without any required software.
Visit s.uconn.edu/sharepoint to view your SharePoint homepage.
If you are on a shared computer, be sure to sign out of the website when you are done!
B) Add shortcut to OneDrive
Navigate to s.uconn.edu/sharepoint and sign in with your UConn email address and NetID password.
Click on your SharePoint site.
Click on Documents in the left-hand menu or along the top menu bar.
In the top toolbar, select Add shortcut to OneDrive.
This button may be behind an ellipsis if your browser window is not wide enough.
This SharePoint site is now visible from your OneDrive.
It can be accessed from your OneDrive App on your computer and from the OneDrive website.
Consider changing the name of this shortcut. Shortening the name of the shortcut will help you in the future if you have many, many files on the other side of the link.
Right-click on the shortcut and click on Rename to alter the name of the shortcut.
Consider changing the color of this folder in order to distinguish it.
Right-click on the shortcut and click on Folder color.
Now every computer that is linked to your OneDrive will also sync your SharePoint files.
What does this shortcut look like?
You will see your SharePoint(s) among your OneDrive folders. These SharePoint folders will have a chain link icon an arrow icon, or a people icon. Open this folder and access your SharePoint files as if they were on your computer.
C) Connect to a Non-UConn SharePoint site
The “Add a Shortcut” feature is not able to connect your UConn OneDrive to a non-UConn SharePoint site. Please follow this guide to learn how to connect your computer to non-UConn data: Sync and Disconnect an External SharePoint site
Removing this shortcut
Follow these instructions to avoid data loss.
Unlink a SharePoint site from your OneDrive