Where in the World Did UNT Student Storage Go?

By Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Student Computing Services Manager

As if there wasn't enough insecurity in the world today what with stock markets crashing, hurricanes blasting and the like....now you go to untss.unt.edu and you see something like this:

"Where did UNT Student Storage go?  Where are my documents?  I want my mommy! "  These may be just some of the thoughts going through your head (I am censoring some of the other possible thoughts you may have had!). Actually, UNT Student Storage hasn't gone away - it has just gotten better! As in "now there are  more than 5 GB of storage space for each student instead of only 250 MB" and "soon your student storage will be accessible along with your email from one single login page".

UNT Student Storage resided on a Netware system and now has been moved to a Microsoft system.  As was reported in last month's Benchmarks Online, this service is called SkyDrive and is phase one of UNT's move to the Microsoft Live@EDU system for student email, calendaring and a variety of other digital communication options. One thing does need to be emphasized - this is a system for the STUDENTS.  Faculty and staff do not have access to storage on SkyDrive and should talk to their network managers about storage options for their work.  All current students already have accounts 'provisioned' on the SkyDrive and should start using Sky Drive right away.

In addition to the brief instructions offered at the old UNTSS site, the CITC Helpdesk team has created a  tutorial about the use of the system including more information about upcoming features and access:

This tutorial is linked on the homepage of the CITC Helpdesk website.

Anyone wishing to 'migrate' their documents from UNTSS to Sky Drive (if you are a student) or some other place (if you are faculty and staff who had documents on the old UNTSS system) will need to do this 'by hand' - downloading them to their hard drive or a removable device and transferring them. CITC Helpdesk technicians can assist with this process and answer any questions.

Stay tuned for further implementation of the Live@EDU system which is steadily progressing towards full implementation.