Choosing where to store your day-to-day files

Personal - non-work related files

• Your own personal cloud-based storage - whether a personal Microsoft OneDrive (UW employee discount), iCloud, Google Drive or other

• USB drives can be used but cloud-based services are recommended

Personal - work related files that nobody else needs to access (even in your absence).

• OneDrive

• Examples of this type of file are quick notes or initial document drafts, HR-related documents such as performance reviews, or files that are useful for a very limited time.

Administrative files

• SharePoint site or a Team channel folder. To make accessing these files easier, see OneDrive: How to access Teams and SharePoint storage from OneDrive.

• Departmental R: drive

Teaching related files

• SharePoint site or a Team channel folder. To make accessing these files easier, see OneDrive: How to access Teams and SharePoint storage from OneDrive.

• Departmental R: drive

Research related files

• Research drive space (ahsfile)

• SharePoint site or a Team channel folder. Useful for graduate student data and documents for sharing among a lab group. Each person can add links to the folders from their OneDrive to make accessing these files easier (see OneDrive: How to access Teams and SharePoint storage from OneDrive)

• Research Server-based storage for researchers with servers managed my Health Computing located in the EC2 data centre