The TeamShare Storage Service provides Faculty and Staff with a shared storage space. You can use the TeamShare Storage Service to store your business related files, as noted in Policy SC14. By storing your files on the TeamShare Service, your files are accessible to you from any computer connected to the UBC network (e.g. from your office or over VPN).
The TeamShare Storage Service also provides protection for your files, as all data stored on your TeamShare is backed up daily and replicated to UBCO for disaster recovery purposes.
An Enterprise Active Directory account (EAD) is required to access TeamShare. Implementation must be completed as an entire department. Individual sign up is not available.
How TeamShare is different from SharePoint, Workspace and Home Drive:
| Home Drive | TeamShare | SharePoint | UBC Workspace |
|---|---|---|---|
| A file repository for individuals | A shared file repository for teams | Online platform used for document management, storage, communication and collaboration among teams | File sharing service that is accessible from anywhere, multiple devices, and browsers. No VPN required. |
| Who can use it? | |||
| Users with an EAD account | Users with an EAD account | Users with an EAD account | Only EAD account holders can create accounts but they can share with anyone |
| Who administers it? | |||
| Self-managed | Provisioned by IT administrator | Provisioned by IT administrator | Once group/team is added, it is self-managed |
| How can you connect to it? | |||
| Through on campus network or VPN using EAD account | Through on campus network or VPN using EAD account | Through on campus network or VPN using EAD account | Accessible anywhere via web login page |
| Does it support collaboration? | |||
| No sharing option available | Files shared with immediate team-level (1 to many) | Files shared on team-level (1 to many) Files shared on user-level (1 to 1) Files shared on community level (full access) | Files shared on team-level (1 to many) Files shared on user-level (1 to 1) Files can be shared within UBC or outside |
Please contact your IT administrator for additional information on Enterprise Active Directory (EAD).
To map to your TeamShare Storage Service, or recover files from it, please see the Setup Documents page.
