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Managing Your OneDrive Files in MyApps

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If you have not already, please reference our IT article on how to connect to MyApps

IMPORTANT:  When connected to MyApps we recommend you do not save any files outside of the Desktop, Documents, or Pictures folders located on your OneDrive, for example C:\Users\jcarberr\OneDrive - Brown University\Documents. Each time you connect to MyApps, you are likely to be connecting to a different virtual computer and the folders outside of your Desktop, Documents, or Pictures will not be available to you.

OneDrive

  • Cloud-based multi-platform storage solution from Microsoft 
  • After connecting to MyApps for the first time, you will be automatically signed into OneDrive with your Brown account
  • Files stored in OneDrive can be accessed on any other device via the OneDrive app or the web
  • Known Folder Move (KFM) will enable redirection of the following folders: Desktop, Documents, Pictures



Home Folder (H: Drive) - End of Support scheduled for mid-2025

  •  You may have been using your dedicated home folder for network file storage already (\\files.brown.edu\HOME\yourusername) 
  • Your home folder will be automatically mapped upon connecting to MyApps and will contain files stored there by you manually or potentially redirected folders if you have ever logged into a Brown-managed computer with folder redirection enabled. 
  • Our recommendation is to move pertinent files out of your home folder and into OneDrive
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