Comparison of File Storage Services

UAlbany Service	Available To	Purpose	Storage Space	Can Share with UAlbany NetID Holders	Can Share with Others Outside UAlbany³	Creation	Files are Web Accessible from Anywhere	Can be Mapped as a Drive in Windows¹	Can be synced with OneDrive Sync Client (Windows or macOS)	Can be Mounted as a File System in macOS¹	Can be Mounted as a File System in Linux¹	Android App	iPhone/iPad App	Secure FTP

UAlbany Service	Available To	Purpose	Storage Space	Creation	Can be Mapped as a Drive in Windows¹	Can be Mounted as a File System in macOS¹	Can be Mounted as a File System in Linux¹
OneDrive for Business	Faculty, Staff, and Students	Individual use & Shared use	1TB	Automatic	²	²
Microsoft Teams or Microsoft 365 Groups	Faculty, Staff, and Students	Shared use	1TB	By user
Home Folder (U: Drive)	Faculty and Staff	Individual use	5GB (expandable to 25GB)	Automatic	¹	¹	¹
S: Drive	Faculty, Staff, and Students	Individual use	100MB (with optional increases by request)	Automatic	¹	¹	¹
Departmental Folders (V: Drive)	Faculty, Staff, Emeriti, Volunteers, Student Employees	Shared use	Varies by Division	By request	¹	¹	¹
Research Folders	Researchers	Research-related files and data	10TB	By request	¹	¹	¹

¹ Drive mappings are available from within the UAlbany network or from outside the UAlbany network if a VPN connection is made. Note that the drive mapping (as opposed to Web access) allows you to save directly from any app on your workstation directly to the storage space.

² Requires an app.

³Defined as anyone that does not have a UAlbany NetID.

(Windows or macOS)

(Windows or macOS)

(expandable to 25GB)

(with optional increases by request)