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:

  1. Enter "File Explorer" in the Windows search bar. Right-click on File Explorer and select Map Network Drive.
  2. In the drop-down menu under "Drive" select L:
  3. In the "Folder" field enter \\iowa.uiowa.edu\shared\mydeptname (replace "mydeptname" with your Shared drive name).
  4. If your computer could be used off-campus un-check the "Reconnect at logon" check box.
  5. Check the box "Connect using different credentials."
  6. Click Finish.
  7. 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.
  8. Click OK to connect.

For Windows 10:

  1. Enter "This PC" in the Windows search bar. Right-click on This PC and select Map Network Drive.
  2. In the drop-down menu under "Drive" select L:
  3. In the "Folder" field type \\iowa.uiowa.edu\shared\mydeptname (replace "mydeptname" with your Shared drive name).
  4. If your computer could be used off-campus un-check the "Reconnect at logon" check box.
  5. Check the box "Connect using different credentials."
  6. Click Finish.
  7. 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.
  8. Click OK to connect.

For Mac:

  1. Open Finder and navigate to the menu Go > Connect to Server.
  2. In the "Server Address" bar, type in smb://iowa.uiowa.edu/shared/mydeptname.
  3. Click on Connect.
  4. 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.
  5. Click on the + sign to add the address to your list of "Favorite Servers".
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