Departments at the U of S can request Windows shares and Macintosh volumes on Jade to suit their needs. A department may have one Windows share and Macintosh volume under which all of the department's data can be stored. Subdirectories such as "admin," "projects," "common" and "staff" will be created in the departmental file storage space. In some cases, additional shares or volumes may be needed to grant access to departmental data from users outside of that department.

Authorized users of a share can access a Jade file share from their own computers by "mapping" or "mounting" a drive to Jade. This simple, one-time operation will give you immediate access to Jade every time you start up your computer and connect to the U of S network.

Map a Drive for On-Campus Access

Choose your operating system:

• Windows (Map a Drive)
• Macintosh (Connect to Server)
• Linux
• iPad

In order to map a drive, you will need to connect to the U of S network either by a wired or wireless connection.

Map a Drive for Off-Campus Access

To map a drive for access to Jade from off campus you have two choices:

• Use the Off-Campus File Service Gateway. 
• Alternatively, if you have a Virtual Private Network (VPN) established with the campus network you may map a drive to Jade as though you were on campus (above) and then use it both on and off campus.