Background
The new Psychiatry Shared Drive is the successor to the the Psychiatry J-Drive. The new shared drive utilizes campus the NetID authentication system, whereas the J-Drive relied on a now, decommissioned system. In order to simplify our environment to utilize a single credential for as many business use-cases as possible, IT decided to migrate from the J-Drive to Shared Drive in 2024.
Requirements
To connect to the Psychiatry Shared Drive, your device must be connected to an SMPH network in one of the following ways:
- You are on a computer in Wispic that has a physical Ethernet cable connected to it
- You are on a computer that has a VPN connection
If one of the above conditions is true, you should be able to follow the steps for your computer operating system below. Please contact the Help Desk if for assistance.
Note: if you can see a drive that you were recently granted access to, but do not see a specific folder you need, please log off then log back onto your computer to refresh your permissions.
- If you are not on a computer that is networked with a cable, connect to the SMPH VPN
- Click File Explorer (manila envelope in Task Bar).
- Right-click This PC to select “Map network drive…”, as shown below:
- Select any available letter for “Drive” and copy & paste the following into the “Folder” field: \\psychiatry.drive.wisc.edu\psychiatry (demonstrated below). Check the box that says, “Connect using different credentials.” Lastly, click Finish:
- In the “User name” field, enter ad\yourNetID and your NetID password. Click OK. The shared drive will appear in the left pane of the File Explorer window.
- If you are not on a wired department computer, connect to the SMPH VPN
- Open Finder, then navigate to Go > Connect to Server
- Enter the server address smb://psychiatry.drive.wisc.edu/psychiatry (Note, you can click the + to add this server to your Favorite Servers list.)
- Click Connect
- If you are prompted for credentials, enter your UW NetID username and password
