You can access your University filestore using your own computer when away from campus.

How to access Personal Filestore (My Documents) from a non-University Windows computer:

Use the SVE service. Alternatively, the following may be useful in some situations such as transferring files to or from the local computer:

If you are trying to access your filestore from Halls, off-campus or using the eduroam wireless network, you will first need to initiate a VPN connection, then:

• •Click the Start button (or swipe in from the right edge on a windows 8 device)
• •Search for 'run'
• •Enter \\filestore.soton.ac.uk\users\<your username>
• •Replacing <your username> with your actual username
• •When prompted to login, enter your username as SOTON\<your username>

How to access Personal Filestore (My Documents) from MacOS X:

Use the SVE service. Alternatively, the following may be useful in some situations such as transferring files to or from the local computer:

If you are trying to access your filestore from Halls, off-campus or using the eduroam wireless network, you will first need to initiate a VPN connection, then:

• •Open Finder
• •Click “Go” on the menu bar at the top and choose “Connect to Server”
• •Enter the Server Address: smb://<your username>@filestore.soton.ac.uk/users/<your username>
• ◦Replacing <your username> with your actual username
• •You will be prompted for your username and password
• ◦If your username and password combination doesn't work, try entering your username as “SOTON\<your username>”

How to access Personal Filestore (My Documents) from Linux:

Use the SVE service. Alternatively, the following may be useful in some situations such as transferring files to or from the local computer:

If you are trying to access your filestore from Halls, off-campus or using the eduroam wireless network, you will first need to initiate a VPN connection, then:

• In GNOME or Ubuntu or XFCE, load the file manager
• Press Ctrl+L to enter a path:smb://filestore.soton.ac.uk/users/<your username>
  • Replacing <your username> with your actual username
• You will be prompted for your username and password
  • If your username and password combination doesn't work, try entering your username as “SOTON\<your username>"