{"id":1691,"date":"2016-03-03T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.natsci.colostate.edu\/cnsit\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:09:14","slug":"cloud-storage-for-personal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/cloud-storage-for-personal-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Storage for Personal Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personal storage has been handled by many different technologies over the years.\u00a0 At first, the term was just used to describe data on your personal computer – stored on it’s local hard drive.\u00a0 We may have supplemented this storage with the use of external hard drives that we could move around from one computer to another, making it available to more than one machine.\u00a0 At this same time, tech savvy individuals may have been setting up network shares on their computers, which they could access from other computers.\u00a0 This was nice, in that you didn’t need to drag the hard drive around with you to get to the data.\u00a0 The trouble with this, was that you typically had to be on the same network to have access.\u00a0 Our old Pangea (if you can remember Pangea) file service was an example of an early venture into these network storage solutions.\u00a0 Albeit, Pangea was a bit more complicated than a simple network share, it allowed for many users to collaboratively work on the same documents.\u00a0 You still had to be on the same network to access this data though, but this was also overcome in combining the service with a VPN (https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/csu-vpn-duo<\/a>).<\/p>\n

After this, services started to appear which took care of that “same-network” limitation.\u00a0 These are the more recent “Cloud” services.\u00a0 Cloud storage services are available from almost anywhere in the world, usually through a web page, or a installable client application.\u00a0 Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and OneDrive (more on this shortly…), are all cloud storage services.\u00a0 Another great advance with these Cloud storage services, was the amount of storage you could get for free, or very little cost.\u00a0 In fact, the storage capacity for some of these cloud storage services outpaced what we (CNSIT) could provide locally by thousands of gigabytes per user.\u00a0 It soon became clear that we shouldn’t try to compete, and should instead work towards utilizing these stores.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t long before Fall of 2014 rolled through, and CSU signed an Microsoft\u00a0 365 (hereafter M365) contract, providing MS Office, E-mail and other services to all CSU information workers and students (https:\/\/it.colostate.edu\/m365-apps-and-csu-software<\/a>).\u00a0 As part of M365, came a cloud storage solution that offered 5 Gigabytes of storage capacity for every user called OneDrive.<\/p>\n

OneDrive<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are using OneDrive for the first time.\u00a0 You will want to log in to the M365 portal at https:\/\/portal.office.com<\/a> Please keep in mind that for authenticating to M365 services at CSU, your Username must be in the format of NetID@colostate.edu<\/em> (you will still use your regular CSU NetID password along with this).\u00a0 Depending on your use history with M365 at CSU, the page you land on will vary.\u00a0 To get to OneDrive from any page in the M365 portal, you can simply click on the “Microsoft 365” title located in the top left.\u00a0 See image below:<\/p>\n

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From there, you can click on the OneDrive image – and initiate the service as needed.<\/p>\n

\"odb-button\"<\/p>\n

For machines that you do not own, this method for accessing your personal cloud data will be sufficient, ie – use the web portal at https:\/\/portal.office.com<\/a><\/p>\n

However, for personally owned\/operated computers or those with a unique (usually NetID) authentication to your user profile, you may want a more sophisticated client installed on your computer, which will integrate your OneDrive space with your local Operating System.\u00a0 Here are some links to information and setup guides associated with these installable clients:<\/p>\n

Windows<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Setup Guide: https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/configure-onedrive-client-for-windows<\/a><\/p>\n

MacOS
\n<\/strong>Setup Guide: https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/configure-onedrive-client-for-macos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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