Upload files to Office 365
Only upload files that you are currently working on as a priority
H drive
Upload your files to OneDrive
You can do this now
If you are using a desktop H drive on SSD, go to OneDrive and create a new folder e.g. called “moved from H”.
- Upload the files you are currently working on.
From now on, use OneDrive.
- Move your files
- Do not use the OneDrive Sync client to sync UofG files to personally owned devices.
J drive
Upload shared files to Teams
Discuss with your colleagues first!
If you are using a desktop J drive, then move currently active files to Teams.
- If you do not already have a Team in Microsoft Teams, agree who will create one, e.g. the team manager, or someone who has already been using Teams.
- This person will be the Team owner. Add a second owner, and add other colleagues as members. A team owner in Manage Team, can create a new channel called e.g., moved from J
- On the new channel, go to files tab. Select Open in SharePoint and upload the files that the teams are currently working on. From now on, use Teams.
Please note
- Prioritise moving files you are currently using. Don’t try to upload the whole J drive.
- You can upload folders, however try avoid deep layers of nested folders.
- Do not try to upload an Access database as this cannot be used in the cloud.
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