L: Drive - Departmental Shared Drive. Contact your local IT for support accessing this drive.
U: Drive - University Shared Drive. Contact your local IT for support accessing this drive.
If you are off-campus, you must connect to the UIowa VPN before following the instructions listed below to map the network drive.
For Windows 11:
- Enter "File Explorer" in the Windows search bar. Right-click on File Explorer and select Map Network Drive.
- In the drop-down menu under "Drive" select L:
- In the "Folder" field enter \\iowa.uiowa.edu\shared\mydeptname (replace "mydeptname" with your Shared drive name).
- If your computer could be used off-campus un-check the "Reconnect at logon" check box.
- Check the box "Connect using different credentials."
- Click Finish.
- When prompted for a username and password, enter your HawkID followed by @uiowa.edu as the username (e.g. jdoe@uiowa.edu) and your HawkID password.
- Note: If you are unable to enter your username in this format click More choices and then User a different account.
- Click OK to connect.
For Windows 10:
- Enter "This PC" in the Windows search bar. Right-click on This PC and select Map Network Drive.
- In the drop-down menu under "Drive" select L:
- In the "Folder" field type \\iowa.uiowa.edu\shared\mydeptname (replace "mydeptname" with your Shared drive name).
- If your computer could be used off-campus un-check the "Reconnect at logon" check box.
- Check the box "Connect using different credentials."
- Click Finish.
- When prompted for a username and password, enter your HawkID followed by @uiowa.edu as the username (e.g. jdoe@uiowa.edu) and your HawkID password.
- Note: If you are unable to enter your username in this format click More choices and then User a different account.
- Click OK to connect.
For Mac:
- Open Finder and navigate to the menu Go > Connect to Server.
- In the "Server Address" bar, type in smb://iowa.uiowa.edu/shared/mydeptname.
- Click on Connect.
- When prompted for your name and password enter your HawkID followed by @uiowa.edu as the username (e.g. jdoe@uiowa.edu) and your HawkID password for the password.
- Click on the + sign to add the address to your list of "Favorite Servers".