File storage

OneDrive for Business

OneDrive business gives each Microsoft 365 user an additional, 1TB cloud-based storage. What is the difference between OneDrive and OneDrive Business? OneDrive is personal storage that you get with either a Microsoft account or Outlook.com. OneDrive Business is managed by the College and subject to College policies. It is also safer in the sense that…

Network drives

Network drives are a location to save your files on a file server at Dawson. They are backed up every night.  The Home drive or H: is your home directory: the data that you save here can only be seen by you. The Shared drives, S: and R:, are used by faculty to share data…

My Files

You may access your home and shared drives from a Web browser with MyDawson. This feature is located under My Services>My Dawson Life. Upon the first use, you will be asked to enter your username and password (network) as below:

Moving Files onto OneDrive

Your OneDrive location on the web is: https://collegedawson-my.sharepoint.com/personal/erochman_dawsoncollege_qc_ca (replace erochman with your initial and last name) Step 1: How to move the contents of my H:\drive or any files and folders to OneDrive? Login in to https://login.microsoftonline.com/ Enter your email address and network password. Select OneDrive

Access your network drives with Webfolders

Follow the instructions below to set up your network drives at home or on your laptop and access them as you would from a Dawson computer.